a grocer purchased a quantity of bananas at 3 pounds for $ 0.50 and sold the entire quantity at 4 pounds for $ 1.00 . how many pounds did the grocer purchase if the profit from selling the bananas was $ 7.00 ?
cost price of 1 pound of bananas = 0.5 / 3 = 1 / 6 selling price of 1 pound of bananas = 1 / 4 profit per pound = ( 1 / 4 - 1 / 6 ) = ( 1 / 12 ) total profit is given as 7 ( 1 / 12 ) * x = 7 x = 84 answer : b
divide(7, subtract(divide(1, 4), divide(0.5, const_3)))