Question

Jessica picks tomatoes in her garden. She fills several bags. This line plot shows the weight of each bag

Answer 1

Given:

one of the heaviest bags weigh:

`=\text{ 4}(1)/(2)\text{ lb}`

One of the lightest bag weigh:

`=\text{ 3}(1)/(4)\text{ lb}`

Next, we take the difference in the weights:

`\begin{gathered} =\text{ 4}(1)/(2)\text{ - 3}(1)/(4) \\ \text{= }(9)/(2)\text{ - }(13)/(4) \\ =\text{ }(18-13)/(4) \\ =\text{ }(5)/(4) \\ =\text{ 1}(1)/(4)\text{ lb} \end{gathered}`

Answer:

`=\text{ 1}(1)/(4)\text{ lb}`