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 Macintosh apple if the total cost is 15$ and she bought 6

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Let's start by calculating the cost of the Granny Smith apples.

Since the cost of each Granny Smith apple is $1.35 and Dahlia bought 6, we can calculate the total cost for the Granny Smith apples:

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

Now, we know that the total cost of both types of apples was $15. Therefore, the cost of the Macintosh apples can be determined by subtracting the cost of the Granny Smith apples from the total cost:

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

\[ \text{Cost of Macintosh apples} = 15 - 8.10 = 6.90 \text{ dollars} \]

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:

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

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

Therefore, the cost of each Macintosh apple is $1.15.