What is the total cost of 0.5 pound of peaches selling for $0.80 per pound and 0.7 pound of oranges selling for $0.90 per pound? 5th grade work.

Given situation : 0.5 pound of peaches selling for 0.80 dollars/ pound 0.7 pound of oranges selling for 0.90 dollars / pound. Solution Given number 1 : Peaches => 0.5 pound = meaning, ½ pound is available, And 1 pound of it costs 0.80 dollars. Let’s solve: => 0.80 dollars * 0.5 => 0.40 dollars – the price of the peaches. Given number 2 : Oranges => 0.7 pounds of oranges, meaning less than 1 pound. And 1 pound costs 0.90 dollars Let’s solve to get the anwer => 0.7 * .90 => 0.63 dollars – the costs of 0.7 pounds of oranges,

The answer that i got was 8/3