flawlesszee
contestada

Mrs. Williams needed to make 4 1/2 of fruit salad for a class party.
She used 1 1/8 pounds of grapes, 3/4 of a pound of cherries and 1 3/4 pounds of melon. The rest
of the salad was strawberries,
How many pounds of strawberries did she us in the fruit salad?

Respuesta :

Answer:

strawberry=7/8

Step-by-step explanation:

treat strawberry as x

add on proportions

1 1/8+ 3/4+ 1 3/4 + x = 4 1/2

(9+6+14)/8 + x = 9/2

29/8 +x = 9/2

x= 9/2 - 29/8

x= (36-29)/8

x=7/8

Otras preguntas