Question

PLEASE HELP!

Following the Baltimore Running Festival in 2009, volunteers collected and recycled 3.75 tons of trash. How can you write 3.75 as a mixed number in simplest form?

A) 3 1/2
B) 3 2/3
C) 3 3/4
D) 15/4

Answer 1

.75 = 3/4
3.75 = 3 + 3/4

Therefore, the answer is C.

Answer 2

C)
`3(3)/(4)`

Explanation:

Given:

Volunteers collected and recycled 3.75 tons of trash.

We need to convert 3.75 as a mixed number.

The mixed number consists of a whole number and an proper fraction.

In the given number 3.75, 3 as whole number and convert 0.75 to a fraction.

3.75 = 3 + 0.75

= 3 +
`(75)/(100)`

We can reduce the fraction
`(75)/(100)`

= 3 +
`(3)/(4)`

=
`3(3)/(4)`

So, the answer is C)
`3(3)/(4)`