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- - - - - -_cereal_and_some - - - ~ Lorenzo purchased a box of strawberries at the grocery store. Lorenzo paid $2 for the box of cereal and $1.90 per pound for the strawberries. If Lorenzo paid a total of $9.60 for the box of cereal and the strawberries, which of the following equations can be used to find p, the number of pounds of strawberries Lorenzo purchased? (Assume there is no sales tax.) 1.90p+2 = 9.60
Correct answer: A (parsed from the explanation — this source omits an answer key for this item)
Explanation
Choice A is correct. It’s given that p represents the number of pounds of $1.90 strawberries Lorenzo purchased and Lorenzo paid per pound for the strawberries. It follows that the total amount, in dollars, Lorenzo paid for 1.90 $2 strawberries can be represented by p. It’s given that Lorenzo paid for the $9.60 box of cereal. If Lorenzo paid a total of for the box of cereal and 1.90 +2=9.60 strawberries, it follows that the equation p can be used to find p. Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual errors. Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual errors. Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual errors.
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