Colt and Abby go to a berry farm to pick berries. They picked 2 ½ pounds of strawberries and 3 pounds of blackberries. If strawberries cost $0.72 per pound and blackberries cost $0.89 per pound how much is their total cost if sales tax is 5.5%

Sole with work in 10 years, the average number of hours of tv watched per week by teenagers dropped from 23.9 to 21.4. find the percent of change.

Maryann’s friends loved her bulletin board, and 4 of them asked her to make one for their homes. she offered to make each of her friends a replica of her bulletin board that measures 2 meters by 3 meters. how many kilograms of burlap should maryann collect to complete the bulletin boards for her friends? maryann should collect kg of burlap.

Tyler went to the supermarket to buy food for a food pantry. he has $36, and can carry up to 20 pounds of food in his backpack. pasta costs $1 for a 1-pound package. pasta sauce costs $3 for a 1.5 pound jar. let x = the number of packages of pasta and y = the number of jars of pasta sauce. one package of pasta is the right amount to go with one jar of pasta sauce. what is the best numbers of packages of pasta and jars of pasta sauce to buy for the food pantry? how many packages of pasta? how many jars of pasta sauce? explain your reasoning.