A recipe for fruit salad calls for 2 pounds 12 ounces of cleaned honeydew.  A 2-pound honeydew melon costs $2.99. The yield for honey dew is 52%. 1)  How much will the 2 lbs. 12 oz. cost?   2) How many honeydew melons do you need to purchase?

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A recipe for fruit salad calls for 2 pounds 12 ounces of cleaned honeydew. 

A 2-pound honeydew melon costs $2.99. The yield for honey dew is 52%.

1)  How much will the 2 lbs. 12 oz. cost?

 

2) How many honeydew melons do you need to purchase?

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