You need 3 pounds of fruit for a fruit salad. You already have 3/4 pound apples and 1/3 pound grapes.
Drag fruit to the box that you can buy so you will have exactly the right amount with no extra.
the choices are:
1/2
2/3
1/8
3/4
5/8
you can use those more than once to get to your answer. PLEASE HELP (not looking for the answer, just help!!!!)
3/4 = 9/12
1/3 = 4/12
so, you already have 13/12lbs of fruit
You still need 1 11/12 = 23/12 lbs
That is
9/12 + 14/12
= 3/4 + 6/12 + 8/12
= 3/4 + 1/2 + 2/3
the answer is 7/8
To solve this problem, we need to determine the amount of fruit needed to fill the remaining weight required for the fruit salad.
First, let's calculate the total weight of fruit we already have:
Apples = 3/4 pound
Grapes = 1/3 pound
The next step is to find the remaining weight we need for the fruit salad:
Total weight needed - Total weight we already have = Remaining weight needed
Total weight needed = 3 pounds (given)
Total weight we already have = 3/4 pound + 1/3 pound
To add fractions, we need a common denominator. The common denominator of 4 and 3 is 12.
Now let's convert the fractions to have a common denominator of 12:
3/4 pound = (9/12) pound
1/3 pound = (4/12) pound
Total weight we already have = (9/12) pound + (4/12) pound = (13/12) pound
Now, let's find the remaining weight needed:
Remaining weight needed = 3 pounds - (13/12) pound
To subtract fractions, we also need a common denominator:
Remaining weight needed = (36/12) pounds - (13/12) pounds = (23/12) pounds
We can see that we still need (23/12) pounds of fruit to reach the required 3 pounds for the fruit salad.
Now, let's look at the provided choices:
1/2
2/3
1/8
3/4
5/8
Based on the remaining weight needed of (23/12) pounds, none of the provided choices will allow us to reach the required weight exactly without having any extra fruit. Therefore, none of the options in the choices can be dragged to the box to achieve the exact amount with no extra fruit.
To solve this problem further, we may need additional fruit weight options that were not provided in the choices.