Problem

A deli sells meat and cheese by the pound. The expression $7.99 m+5.99 \mathrm{c}$ represents the total cost of $m$ pounds of meat and $c$ pounds of cheese.
Which statement is true?
Each pound of cheese costs $\$ 5.99$.
Each pound of meat costs $\$ 5.99$.
The total cost for $c$ pounds of cheese is $\$ 7.99$.
The total cost for $m$ pounds of meat is $\$ 7.99$.

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Therefore, the statement 'Each pound of cheese costs $5.99' is true.

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Step 1 :Let's denote the number of pounds of cheese as \(c\) and the number of pounds of meat as \(m\).

Step 2 :The cost of cheese per pound is $5.99, so the total cost for \(c\) pounds of cheese is \(5.99c\).

Step 3 :The cost of meat per pound is $7.99, so the total cost for \(m\) pounds of meat is \(7.99m\).

Step 4 :Therefore, the statement 'Each pound of cheese costs $5.99' is true.

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