Anna buys bananas,grapes,and apples. She buys twice the amount of bananas as grapes. She buys 2 more pounds of apples than grapes. Altogether,Anna bought 14 pounds of fruit. How many pounds of each fruit did she buy?
Accepted Solution
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Let the amount of grapes be g. The amount of grapes, bananas, and apples are represented as follows.
Grapes: g Bananas: 2g Apples: g + 2
The total amount is 14; that means the above expressions must be equal to 14. Set up an equation and solve algebraically for g.
14 = g + 2g + (g + 2) 14 = g + 2g + g + 2 14 = 4g + 2 12 = 4g 3 = g
Remember, g represents the amount of grapes; that means Anna bought 3 pounds of grapes. To find the amount of bananas and apples, substitute into the expressions 2g and g + 2.
2g => 2(3) => 6 g + 2 => 3 + 2 => 5
Answer: Anna bought 3 pounds of grapes, 6 pounds of bananas, and 5 pounds of apples.