Question

Melanie combines 8.65 ounces of strawberries with 8.09 ounces of blueberries to make fruit bowls. She pours the fruit equally into 4 bowls, and has 2.78 ounces of fruit left over. How many ounces of fruit are in each bowl?

Answer 1

Melanie has 16.74 ounces of combined fruit. After subtracting the 2.78 ounces of leftover fruit, she has 13.96 ounces to distribute into the bowls. Dividing by 4, each bowl then contains 3.49 ounces of fruit.

Step-by-step explanation:

Melanie combines 8.65 ounces of strawberries with 8.09 ounces of blueberries to make fruit bowls. She pours the fruit equally into 4 bowls, and has 2.78 ounces of fruit left over. To find out the number of ounces in each bowl, first, we need to calculate the total amount of fruit she has by adding the weights of the strawberries and blueberries. Next, we subtract the leftover fruit from the total amount to get the amount of fruit that was distributed into the bowls. Finally, we divide this by the number of bowls to find out how much fruit each bowl contains.

First, add the weights of strawberries and blueberries:
8.65 ounces + 8.09 ounces = 16.74 ounces.

Next, subtract the leftover fruit:
16.74 ounces - 2.78 ounces = 13.96 ounces.

Then divide by the number of bowls:
13.96 ounces ÷ 4 bowls = 3.49 ounces per bowl.

Therefore, each bowl contains 3.49 ounces of fruit.

Answer 2

3.49 ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

Step one:

given data

total ounces combined= 8.65+8.09= 16.74 ounces

We are told that the remainder after pouring the fruits into four bowls is

2.78 ounces, hence what was divided is

= 16.74-2.78=13.96 ounces

Now the amount that was divided is 13.96 ounces

hence a bowl took 13.96/4= 3.49 ounces