Lani buys groceries at the store for $30.25 he spent $5.25 on apples $3.25 on a box of crackers and the rest on 3 pounds of lunch meat how much did the lunch meat cost in dollars per pound

Answer 1

First, let’s determine how much Lani spent on lunch meat. We know the total grocery cost is $30.25 and he spent $5.25 on apples and $3.25 on crackers.

1. Calculate the total amount spent on apples and crackers: \[ 5.25 + 3.25 = 8.50 \]

2. Now, subtract this amount from the total grocery cost to find out how much was spent on lunch meat: \[ 30.25 - 8.50 = 21.75 \]

So, Lani spent $21.75 on lunch meat.

3. Next, to find the cost of lunch meat per pound, divide the total cost of the lunch meat by the number of pounds: \[ \frac{21.75}{3} = 7.25 \]

Therefore, the lunch meat cost $7.25 per pound.