Question

Libby sold $60 worth of vegetables at the farmer's market. Jess sold 3/4ths of what Libby sold. Stephanie sold 1/3rd of what Jess sold. How much did they all sell together?

Answer 1

As per the statement: Libby sold $60 worth of vegetables at the farmer's market.

⇒ Libby sold vegetables at the farmers market = $60

Jess sold 3/4th of what Libby sold.

⇒ Jess sold =
`(3)/(4) * 60 = \$45`

Also, Stephanie sold 1/3rd of what Jess sold.

⇒ Stephanie sold =
`(1)/(3) * 45 = \$15`

To find how much did they all sell together.

Together they all sell together = Libby sold + Jess sold + Stephanie sold

=$60 + $45+$15 = $120

Therefore, they all sell together is, $120

Answer 2

$120.

Explanation:

We have been given that Libby sold $60 worth of vegetables at the farmer's market.

Jess sold 3/4th of what Libby sold. Let us find 3/4 of 60.

`\text{Jess sold}=60* (3)/(4)`

`\text{Jess sold}=15* 3`

`\text{Jess sold}=45`

Therefore, Jess sold $45 worth of vegetables.

We are told that Stephanie sold 1/3rd of what Jess sold. So let us 1/3rd of 45.

`\text{Stephanie sold}=45* (1)/(3)`

`\text{Stephanie sold}=15`

Therefore Stephanie sold $15 worth of vegetables.

Now let us add amounts of money earned by Libby, Jess and Stephanie to get the total money earned by all.

`\text{The total money earned by Libby, Jess and Stephanie}=60+45+15`

`\text{The total money earned by Libby, Jess and Stephanie}=120`

Therefore, they all sell $120 worth of vegetables together.