Annabelle went to the store to buy some apples. The price per pound of the apples is $3.75 per pound and she has a coupon for $3.25 off the final amount. With the coupon, how much would Annabelle have to pay to buy 3 pounds of apples? Also, write an expression for the cost to buy pp pounds of apples, assuming at least one pound is purchased.

final cost of 3 pounds:
final cost of p pounds:

final cost of 3 pounds:  8 dollars  

final cost of p pounds:   3.75p - 3.25  dollars  

Step-by-step explanation:

Each pound costs $3.75, so 3 pounds cost 3*3.75 = 11.25 dollars. Subtract off the $3.25 to get the final cost to be 11.25-3.25 = 8 dollars. This takes care of the first part.

For the second part, the expression for the final cost is 3.75p - 3.25; where the 3.75p is the cost before the coupon is applied. If you plugged p = 3 into that expression, you should get 8 as a result. The variable p is some positive whole number. It's a place holder for the number of pounds of apples.

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have