Can anyone check this and see if I'm right?
A crafts store bought 27 1/4 ounces of potpourri. The shop divides the potpourri into 2 1/2 ounce bags and sells each bag for $4.25.
a. how many full 2 1/2 ounce bag of potpourri can the shop make.
b. if all the bags are sold, how much money will the shop bring in.
My answer for Letter A. is that you divide 27 1/4 and 2 1/2 and you get 10 9/10 so the store made 10.
Than letter B. My answer will be that they made 42.50 from selling those items.
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Answer: 1/2-1/3=1/6
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Yes, your answers are right.
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To check whether your answers are correct, let's go through the calculations step by step.
a. To find out how many full 2 1/2 ounce bags of potpourri the shop can make, you need to divide the total amount of potpourri (27 1/4 ounces) by the amount in each bag (2 1/2 ounces).
To convert 27 1/4 into an improper fraction:
27 = (27 * 4) / 4 = 108 / 4
So, the total amount of potpourri is 108/4 + 1/4 = 109/4.
Now, divide 109/4 by 2 1/2:
109/4 ÷ 5/2 = 109/4 × 2/5 = (109 × 2) / (4 × 5) = 218/20 = 109/10.
Therefore, the shop can make 10 9/10 (or 10.9) full 2 1/2-ounce bags of potpourri. Your answer of 10 is correct.
b. To determine how much money the shop will bring in from selling all the bags, multiply the number of bags (10.9) by the price per bag ($4.25).
10.9 × $4.25 = $46.125.
Since we can't have fractional cents, let's round down to the nearest cent, which gives us $46.12.
Therefore, your answer of $42.50 for letter B is incorrect. The correct answer is $46.12.
So, to summarize:
a. The shop can make 10 9/10 full 2 1/2-ounce bags of potpourri.
b. If all the bags are sold, the shop will bring in $46.12.