Jordan and victoria are at the store. jorden buys 1.5 lbs of ground beef and spent additional 14.53 on other groceries. victoria buys a box of instant mashed potatoes for 4.00 and 3.75 lbs of ground beef. if they spent the same amount how much does 1 pound of ground beef cost?

The cost of one pound of ground beef is $4.68

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x ----> the cost of one pound of ground beef

we know that

The cost of 1.5 lbs of ground beef plus $14.53 must be equal to the cost of 3.75 lbs of ground beef plus $4.00 (because Jordan and Victoria spent the same amount)

so

The linear equation that represent this situation is

solve for x

answer: approximately 206 bones

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