hello
from the question, we are told that 3 pints cost $12.00, but we don't know how much 8 pints would cost
we can either take out time to find the cost of 1 pint first and then proceed to solve for 8 pints, or we can just go straight and solve for 8 pints by setting uo two equations and cross multiplying both sides
[tex]\begin{gathered} 3\text{ pints = \$12.00} \\ 8\text{ pints = x} \end{gathered}[/tex]cross multiply both sides and make x the subject of formula
[tex]\begin{gathered} 3\times x=8\times12 \\ 3x=96 \end{gathered}[/tex]divide both sides by the coefficient of x
[tex]\begin{gathered} 3x=96 \\ \frac{3x}{3}=\frac{96}{3} \\ x=32 \end{gathered}[/tex]from the calculation above, 8 pints of raspberries would cost $32
