a grocer purchased a quantity of bananas at 3 pounds for $ 0.50 and sold the entire quantity at 4 pounds for $ 1.00 . how many pounds did the grocer purchase if the profit from selling the bananas was $ 9.00 ?
"cost price of 1 pound of bananas = 0.5 / 3 = 1 / 6 selling price of 1 pound of bananas = 1 / 4 profit per pound = ( 1 / 4 - 1 / 6 ) = ( 1 / 12 ) total profit is given as 9 ( 1 / 12 ) * x = 9 x = 108 answer : e"
divide(9.00, subtract(divide(1.00, 4), divide(0.50, 3)))