Mrs. Meyer buys fruit to make a fruit salad. She buys:
3 cartons of blueberries that weigh 12 ounces each,
3 cartons of strawberries that weigh 16 ounces each, and
4 bunches of bananas that weigh 2.5 pounds each.
What is the total weight of fruit she buys?
A. 5 7/8 pounds

B. 68 pounds

C. 15 1/4 pounds

D. 42 1/2 pounds

(50 ) mrs. julien’s and mrs. castillejo’s classes are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and packages of triple chocolate cookie dough. mrs. julien’s class sold 25 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 30 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $221.25. mrs. castillejo’s class sold 5 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 45 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $191.25. (a) write the system of equations that model the problem. be sure to explain which equation represents which situation. (b) find the cost of each type of cookie. show your work. (c) explain which method you used to solve the system and why you chose that method.