Question

A farmer sells peaches by the bushel, the peck, and individually.• Each bushel is $23.00 and each peck is $5.75.• There are 4 pecks in a bushel• A bushel has 92 peaches.Which equation represents the cost, p, to buy n peaches?

Answer 1

Answer:

The equation that represents the cost, p, to buy n peaches is;

$p=0.25n$

Explanation:

Given that the farmer sells peaches by the bushel, the peck, and individually.

Each bushel is $23.00 and each peck is $5.75.

A bushel has 92 peaches.

The cost per peach is;

$\begin{gathered} r=\frac{\text{cost per bushel}}{\text{ number of peaches per bushel}}=\frac{\text{ \ 23.00}}{\text{92}} \\ r=\text{ \ 0.25} \end{gathered}$

The price p of n peaches can be expressed as;

$p=r\times n$

substituting the value of r;

$\begin{gathered} p=0.25\times n \\ p=0.25n \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the equation that represents the cost, p, to buy n peaches is;

$p=0.25n$