Jose bought a bag of 6 oranges for $2.82. He also bought 5 pineapples. He gave the cashier $20 and received $1.43 change. How much did each pineapple cost?
Accepted Solution
A:
Your answer is: $3.15 each.
Here are the steps:
First, I added $2.82 and $1.43. Then, I subtracted the sum ($4.25) from $20. Lastly, I divided the difference($15.75) by five because there were five pineapples. Which gave me the answer: $3.15.