Question

Victoria has a 2 pound package of flour. She uses 2/5 of the flour to make a pizza. She then uses 3/10 of the remaining flour to make bread. Find the weight of the package of flour that she has left.

Answer 1

They told us how much Victoria used in fractions.
1. Add up the total amount she used.
2/5 + 3/10 = total amount used

Make both denominators the same.
2/5(2/2) + 3/10 = total amount used
4/10 + 3/10 = total amount used
7/10 = total amount used

2. Find out how much is left.
If she used 7/10 of the total package she has 3/10 left, because 10/10 - 7/10 = 3/10.

3. Find the weight of 3/10 of the package

The whole package, 10/10, weighs 2 pounds,
so each 1/10 of package = 2lbs/10 = 0.2 lbs

Now we know we have 3/10 left, so multiply 0.2 by 3 which equals 0.6 pounds.
Victoria has 0.6 pounds of flour left.

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Answer 2

Answer : The weight of the package of flour that she left is, 0.84 pounds.

Step-by-step explanation :

As we are given that the Victoria has a 2 pound package of flour.

First we have to calculate the amount of flour use to make a pizza.

Amount of use to make a pizza =
`(2)/(5)* 2\text{ pounds}=(4)/(5)\text{ pounds}`

Now we have to calculate the amount of flour use to make a bread.

She then uses 3/10 of the remaining flour to make bread. That means,

Remaining flour to make bread =
`1-(2)/(5)=(3)/(5)`

Fraction of flour use to make a bread =
`(3)/(10)* (3)/(5)`

Amount of use to make a bread =
`(3)/(10)* (3)/(5)* 2\text{ pounds}=(9)/(25)\text{ pounds}`

Now we have to calculate the weight of the package of flour that she has left.

Weight of the package of flour that she has left = Total amount of flour - (Sum of flour use to make a pizza and bread)

Weight of the package of flour that she has left =
`2-((4)/(5)+(9)/(25))` pounds

Weight of the package of flour that she has left =
`2-(4)/(5)-(9)/(25)` pounds

Weight of the package of flour that she has left =
`(21)/(25)` pounds

Weight of the package of flour that she has left = 0.84 pounds

Thus, the weight of the package of flour that she left is, 0.84 pounds.