Question #N36
A store sells apples for $1.20 per pound and oranges for $0.80 per pound. A customer buys pounds of apples and pounds of oranges. What is the total cost, in dollars, of the apples and oranges the customer bought?
A. 1.2x + 0.8y
B. 1.2xy
C. 2xy
D. 2x + 2y
Correct Answer is: A
The total cost of the apples is $1.20 times the number of pounds of apples, or 1.2x. The total cost of the oranges is $0.80 times the number of pounds of oranges, or 0.8y. The total cost of the apples and oranges is the sum of these two costs, or 1.2x + 0.8y.