Guessing

A peach and an apple for 99 cents.

Hmmm... |'m stumped.

Take a guess.

Al's always has the best fruits and veggies.

What did you get?

|'ll give you a hint. The peach costs 15 cents more than

the apple.

Oooh, yummm. How much did the

apple cost?

There's no way |'ll guess

right.

| love Al's Produce

Emporium.

Guess. How could you tell if your guess is

right?

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| don't even know where to begin.

Try to pick a number that makes sense.

Probably not, but you can usually learn something by taking

a guess.

|f each fruit costs 50 cents,

then the apple and the peach would cost 100 cents.

Since the apple costs less than the

peach, the apple costs less than 50 cents.

|'ll guess 40 cents. |f the

apple costs 40 cents...

...then the peach costs 40+15=55

cents.

Let's see...

Now, check to see if your guess

works.

...and the peach costs

15 cents more...

Is this guess right?

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Together, a 40-cent apple and a 55-cent peach cost

40+55=95 cents.Nope, too low.

Your guess was too low, but

95 cents is only 4 cents lower than

99 cents.

|f the apple costs 42 cents, then the peach is 57

cents, and together they cost 42+57=99 cents.

Bingo!

You're right! And to add 4 cents to the total cost, | can add 2 cents to the cost

of each fruit.

Guessing worked!

Try one more. As you know,

every pipfruit has either 2 seeds or

5 seeds.

|f 8 pipfruits have a total of 25 seeds, how many of the

pipfruits have 5 seeds?

Try it.

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