Help on a word problem!?

Question

I'm really bad at math word problems my algebra teacher gave this problem for my class to solve. At a delicatessen, ham costs $2.49 per pound and Swiss cheese costs $3.79 per pound. The customer has $9.50 to spend on 2 pounds of ham and some cheese. How much cheese can she purchase? Write an equation and solve it. Thank you =)

Answer 1

9.50 minus (9.50 minus (2.49 times 2)) means

9.50minus 4.52 equals 4.98

Answer 2

1.92 dollars worth

Answer 3

Ham = 2 * 2.49 = 4.98

9.50 - 4.98 = 4.52 is the amount she can spend on cheese

x * 3.79 = 4.52 where x is the amount of cheese she can buy

4.52 / 3.79 = x = 1.193 pounds of cheese

To make this one equation, write x = ($9.50 - 2($2.49))/$3.79

Answer 4

well

2.49+

2.49=

4.98 so

9.50-4.98=4.52 so you can buy 1 pound of cheese

your welcome  

Answer 5

1 cheese

Answer 6

ham = x     cheese = y

$9.50=2.49x+3.79y

$9.50=2.49(2)+3.79y

$7.01=3.79y

y= about 1.85 lbs of cheese