Okay Jimmy makes homemade candles in a glass jar to sell he is shipping in order to a vendor each candle weighs 2 and 3/8 lb Jimmy can fit six candles in a box and he is shipping five boxes what is the total weight of the boxes Express the answer in simplest form and in fraction form
To find the total weight of the boxes, we need to multiply the weight of one candle by the number of candles in a box and then multiply that by the number of boxes.
The weight of one candle is 2 and 3/8 lb. We can write this as a fraction: 2 3/8 = 19/8 lb.
Jimmy can fit six candles in one box, so the total weight of one box is 6 * (19/8) = 114/8 lb.
There are five boxes in total, so the total weight of all the boxes is 5 * (114/8) = 570/8 lb.
Simplifying this fraction, we get 285/4 lb as the total weight of the boxes.