A pineapple costs $5.04. Together, one banana and one pineapple cost the same as 13 bananas. What does one banana cost?

Please show your work.

5.04 + b = 13b b is cost of the banana -b -b 5.04 = 12b $0.42 = b

Answered by TylerYang | 2024-06-10

The cost of one banana can be calculated by setting up and solving a simple algebraic equation based on the given information about the cost of a pineapple and the relationship between the cost of a pineapple and bananas. Solving the equation yields that one banana costs approximately 42 cents.
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Answered by Qwshop | 2024-06-18

The cost of one banana is 0.42 dollars, which is equivalent to 42 cents. This was determined by setting up an equation based on the relationship between the cost of the pineapple and bananas. After isolating the variable, we calculated the price of a banana.
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Answered by TylerYang | 2024-10-11