Question

Emily made a fruit salad with 1 2/3 cups of grapes 2 1/4

cups of strawberries and 1/6
cup of blueberries
which equation will find how many total cups of fruit Emily used?​
A 1 5/6 + 2 3/6 + 1/6 =
B 1 2/6 + 2 1/6 + 1/6 =
C 1 8/12 + 2 3/12 + 2/12 =
D 1 2/12 + 2 1/12 + 1/12 =

Answer 1

C 1 8/12 + 2 3/12 + 2/12 =

Explanation:

Constituents of the fruit salad prepared by Emily:

• 
  `\[1(2)/(3)\]` cups of grapes

• 
  `\[2(1)/(4)\]` cups of strawberries

• 
  `\[(1)/(6)\]` cups of blueberries

This can be expressed as follows:

`\[1(2)/(3)+2(1)/(4)+(1)/(6)\]`

This can be equivalently expressed as :

`\[1(8)/(12)+2(3)/(12)+(2)/(12)\]`

Among the given options, this corresponds to option C.