Last week, the price of apples at a grocery store was 1.60 per pound. This week, apples at the same grocery store are on sale for a 10% discount. What is the total price of 4 1/2 pounds of apples this week at the grocery store

The total price of  pounds of apples is $6.48.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Last week,the price of apples at a grocery store was 1.60 per pound.This week,apples at the same grocery store are on sale for a 10% discount.

Now, to find the total price of 4 1/2 pounds of apples this week at the grocery store.

The price of apples at a grocery store last week was = $1.60 per pound.

This week apples at the same grocery store is on sale of 10% discount.

Thus, the price of apples at a grocery store this week is:

So, the price of apples per pound this week is $1.44.

Now, to get the total price of pounds of apples by using unitary method:

If 1 pound of apples cost =

Then, pound of apples cost =

Therefore, the total price of  pounds of apples is $6.48.

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square