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)
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2 45 pints
2 Start Fraction 4 over 5 End Fraction pints
2810 pints
Start Fraction 28 over 10 End Fraction pints
2 810 pints
2 Start Fraction 8 over 10 End Fraction pints
285 pints
Start Fraction 28 over 5 End Fraction pints
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To find the answer, we need to multiply the amount of strawberries Ricardo picked (3 1/2 pints) by the fraction he used to make jam (4/5).
First, let's convert the mixed number to an improper fraction:
3 1/2 = 7/2
Now, we can multiply:
7/2 * 4/5 = 28/10
To simplify the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common factor, which is 2:
(28/2) / (10/2) = 14/5
So, Ricardo used 2 4/5 pints of strawberries to make jam. Therefore, the answer is:
2 Start Fraction 4 over 5 End Fraction pints