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Algebra Difficulty 1.2 Junior Find the answer Canada

Fermat buys $8$ bananas and
$4$ apples. The cost of each banana
is half the cost of each apple. If the total cost of the fruit is $\$16.00$ , what is the cost of each
apple?

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Solution

The cost of each banana is half the cost of each apple, and so
the cost to buy $8$ bananas is the
same as the cost to buy $4$ apples.
Therefore, the cost to buy $8$
bananas and $4$ apples is the same as
the cost to buy $4+4=8$ apples. The
total cost of the fruit is $\$16.00$ ,
and so the cost of each apple is $\dfrac{\$16.00}{8}=\$2.00$ .

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