Lani buys groceries at the store for $30.35. He spent $5.25 on appels, $ 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?

Question

___ Dollars per pound

Answer 1

To find out how much Lani spent on lunch meat and then how much it cost per pound, we can follow these steps:

1. Calculate the total amount spent on apples and crackers:

   • Cost of apples: $5.25
   • Cost of box of crackers: $3.25

   We add these two amounts: \[ 5.25 + 3.25 = 8.50 \]

2. Determine how much was spent on lunch meat:

   • Total spent on groceries: $30.35
   • Total spent on apples and crackers: $8.50

   We find the amount spent on lunch meat by subtracting the cost of apples and crackers from the total amount: \[ 30.35 - 8.50 = 21.85 \]

3. Calculate the cost per pound of lunch meat:

   • Amount spent on lunch meat: $21.85
   • Total weight of lunch meat: 3 pounds

   We divide the total cost of the lunch meat by the total weight: \[ \frac{21.85}{3} \approx 7.28333 \]

   Rounding to two decimal places, the cost per pound of lunch meat is: \[ 7.28 \]

Thus, the cost of the lunch meat is \(\boxed{7.28}\) dollars per pound.