Question

Sarah and her friends picked 3 3/4 pints of blueberries. After they ate some of the blueberries, only 2 1/3 pints remained. How many pints of blueberries did Sarah and her friends eat? Enter your answer, as a mixed number in simplest form, in the box

Answer 1

They ate  1 5/12.  Hope  this helps! 

Answer 2

Sarah and her friends eat
`1(5)/(12)` berries

Explanation:

Sarah and her friends picked pints of blueberries =
`3(3)/(4) = (15)/(4)`

Let us suppose they ate x of the blueberries

Remaining berries =
`(15)/(4)-x`

We are given that Remaining berries =
`2(1)/(3)=(7)/(3)`

So,
`(15)/(4)-x=(7)/(3)`

`(15)/(4)-(7)/(3)=x`

`(17)/(12)=x`

`1(5)/(12)=x`

Hence Sarah and her friends eat
`1(5)/(12)` berries