Dahlia bought Granny Smith and Macintosh apples at the grocery store. The Granny Smith apples were $1.35 each if you bought 6. Find the cost of each McIntosh apple if the total cost is $15 and she bought 6 of each

Question

Each McIntosh apple cost is

Answer 1

Let's first find the total cost for the Granny Smith apples. Since Dahlia bought 6 Granny Smith apples at $1.35 each, we can calculate this as follows:

\[ \text{Cost of Granny Smith apples} = 6 \times 1.35 = 8.10 \]

Now, since the total cost for all apples (Granny Smith and Macintosh) is $15, we can find the total cost spent on Macintosh apples by subtracting the cost of the Granny Smith apples from the total cost:

\[ \text{Cost of Macintosh apples} = \text{Total cost} - \text{Cost of Granny Smith apples} = 15 - 8.10 = 6.90 \]

Next, since Dahlia also bought 6 Macintosh apples, we can find the cost of each Macintosh apple by dividing the total cost of the Macintosh apples by the number of Macintosh apples:

\[ \text{Cost per Macintosh apple} = \frac{\text{Cost of Macintosh apples}}{6} = \frac{6.90}{6} = 1.15 \]

Thus, each Macintosh apple costs $1.15.