Question

Turkey cost $6.70 per pound at the deli. If Jaime spent $14.74, which equation represents, x, the amount in pounds of turkey that he purchased? *

Answer 1

For this case we have that Jaime spent a total of $14.74 in the deli. If the pound of turkey costs $6.70, then we have:

x: Let the variable that represents the number of pounds of turkey that Jaime bought.

So:

$6.70x = 14.74$

We clear the value of the variable "x":

$x = \frac {14.74} {6.70}\\x = 2.2$

So Jaime bought 2.2 pounds of turkey

Answer:

$x = \frac {14.74} {6.70}\\x = 2.2$