Irene shares half of a small apple with her dog every day.  A small apple weighs about 1/4 of a pound.  She can currently buy apples for $2.00 a pound.  How much will she spend so that she and her dog have enough apples to last for 2 weeks?
There are 7 days in a week and she needs apples for 2 weeks so that's 7*2 = 
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14 days.
She shares an apple with her dog every day so for 14 days so she needs 1*14 = 
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14 apples.
Each apple weighs 1/4 of a pound and she needs 14 apples so that's .25*14 = 
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<output>7/2 = around 3.5</output>
3.5 pounds of apples.
She needs 3.5 pounds of apples and they are on sale for $2.00 a pound so she will spend 3.5*2 = $
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7.00 for apples.

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