Question

Stacie is a resident at your medical facility where you work. You are asked to chart the amount of solid food that she consumes. For the noon meal today she ate 1/2 of a 3-ounce serving of meatloaf, 3/4 of her 3-ounce serving of mashed potatoes, and 1/3 of a 2-ounce serving of green beans. How many ounces of solid food did Stacie consume?

Answer 1

Meatloaf:

`(1)/(2) * 3 = (1)/(2) * (3)/(1) = (3)/(2) = 1 (1)/(2)`
So 1.5 ounce of meatloaf

Mashed potatoes:

`(3)/(4) * 3 = (3)/(4) * (3)/(1) = (9)/(4) = 2 (1)/(4)`
So 2.25 once of mashed potatoes

Green Beans:

`(1)/(3) * 2 = (1)/(3) * (2)/(1) = (2)/( 3)`
So 0.66 ounce of green beans.

So in total:


`1 (1)/(2) + 2 (1)/(4) + (2)/(3) = (3)/(2) + (9)/(4) + (2)/(3) = (18)/(12) + (27)/(12) + (8)/(12) = (53)/(12) = 4 (5)/(12)`

So the answer is 4 5/12 ounces of solid food.