Lee charges $3 for a basket and $2.50 for each pound of fruit picked at the orchard. Write an equation for the total cost of x pounds of fruit from the orchard

Abank manager wants to encourage new customers to open accounts with principals of at least $2,500. he decides to make a poster advertising a simple interest rate of 3%. what must the principal be if the bank manager also wants to advertise that one can earn $10 the first month? can the poster correctly say, "open an account of $2 comma 500 and earn at least $10 interest in 1 month! "?