In winter, the price of apples suddenly went up by $0.75 per pound. Sam bought 3 pounds of apples at the new price for a total of $5.88

Question

I need to know how to set up this equation 

Answer 1

p represents the original price

p + 0.75 represents the higher price

 

3(p + 0.75) = 5.88

 

Now solve for p.