Question

208 pounds of vegetables 125 5/8 pounds of fruit what fraction of the total pounds of fruit and vegetables do the pounds of fruit represent?

Answer 1

The fraction of the total pounds of fruit and vegetables represent 208 over 130

Answer 2

The 38% of the total pounds represents fruits.

Explanation:

Givens

• 208 pounds of vegetables.
• 125 5/8 pounds of fruits.

Basically, we need to ding what percetange does fruit represent?

First, we need to find the total number of pounds, so we need to sum them

`208lb + 125 (5)/(8)lb=208lb+(1005)/(8) lb=(1664+1005)/(8)lb =(2669)/(8)lb`

Where
`125(5)/(8)=(1005)/(8)`

So, there are 2669/8 total pounds between fruits and vegetables.

To find the percetange of fruit pounds, we need to divide the total number of fruit pounds and the total number of pounds combined

`((1005)/(8) )/((2669)/(8) ) =(1005 * 8)/(2669 * 8)= (1005)/(2669)= 0.38`

Then, we multiple by 100 to express it in percentage

`0.38 * 100\%=38\%`

Therefore, the 38% of the total pounds represents fruits.