Madeline went to the store to buy some cherries. The price per pound of the cherries is $6.50 per pound and she has a coupon for $1 off the final amount. With the coupon, how much would Madeline have to pay to buy 2 pounds of cherries? Also, write an expression for the cost to buy pp pounds of cherries, assuming at least one pound is purchased.

Question

Madeline went to the store to buy some cherries. The price per pound of the cherries is $6.50 per pound and she has a coupon for $1 off the final amount. With the coupon, how much would Madeline have to pay to buy 2 pounds of cherries? Also, write an expression for the cost to buy pp pounds of cherries, assuming at least one pound is purchased.
Final cost of 2 pounds: 
Final cost of pp pounds:

GPT 3.5 · Answer

The final cost of 2 pounds would be 2 pounds * $6.50/pound - $1 = $<<2*6.5-1=12.50>>12.50. The expression for the cost to buy pp pounds of cherries would be pp * $6.50 - $1.