While on vacation in Hawaii, Steve and Georgia decided to ship pineapples to their home. Each pineapple costs $1.25 and they buy a dozen. It will cost $21.00 to ship all of them to their home. How much will each pineapple end up costing them? Let's think first. Chain of thought:
They bought 12 pineapples for $1.25 apiece so 12 * 1.25 = $15.00. The pineapples cost $15.00 and it will cost $21.00 to ship so all total, it costs 15 + 21 = $36.00. In total it costs $36.00 to ship home a dozen pineapples so each pineapple costs 36 / 12 = $3.00 apiece.
Therefore, the answer is 3.