Ricardo picked 3 1/2 pints of strawberries and used 4/5 of them to make jam. How many pints of strawberries did he use for the jam? Write the answer as a mixed number in simplest form. (1 point)
To find how many pints of strawberries Ricardo used for the jam, we multiply the total amount of strawberries he picked by the fraction that represents the portion used for the jam:
(3 1/2) * (4/5) = (7/2) * (4/5) = 28/10 = <<28/10=2 4/10=2 2/5>>2 2/5.
Thus, Ricardo used 2 2/5 pints of strawberries for the jam. Answer: \boxed{2\frac{2}{5}}.
To find out how many pints of strawberries Ricardo used for the jam, you need to multiply the amount he picked (3 1/2 pints) by the fraction representing the portion used for the jam (4/5).
First, convert the mixed number 3 1/2 to an improper fraction:
3 1/2 = 7/2
Now, multiply the improper fraction by 4/5:
(7/2) * (4/5) = (7 * 4) / (2 * 5) = 28/10
To simplify the fraction, divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2:
28/10 = (28 / 2) / (10 / 2) = 14/5
So, Ricardo used 14/5 pints of strawberries for the jam. This can be written as a mixed number in simplest form as:
2 4/5 pints.
To find out how many pints of strawberries Ricardo used for the jam, we need to multiply the total amount of strawberries he picked by the fraction that represents the portion used for jam.
Ricardo picked 3 1/2 pints of strawberries, which can also be written as the improper fraction 7/2.
Now, we need to find out how many pints of strawberries he used for the jam. We do this by multiplying 7/2 by 4/5.
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators (top numbers) together to get the new numerator, and then multiply the denominators (bottom numbers) together to get the new denominator. So, multiplying 7/2 by 4/5, we have (7 x 4)/(2 x 5).
Evaluating this expression, we have 28/10.
Now, we simplify this fraction to its simplest form. Both the numerator and denominator are divisible by 2, so we divide both by 2.
28/10 simplifies to 14/5.
Thus, Ricardo used 14/5 pints of strawberries for the jam.