Question

A container weighs 23 2/5 pounds holds sports equipment. Of the equipment in the container 1/3 of the weight is baseball equipment. What is the weight of the baseball equipment?

Answer 1

7 4/5

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Answer 2

what we need to know is how much is 1/3 of 25 2/5.

We will be multiplying fraction by a fraction and for this, it's good to change mixed numbers into improper fractions:

25 2/5=
`(23*5+2)/(5)= (117)/(5)`

and now we multiply it by 1/3:


`(1)/(3)(117)/(5)=(39)/(5)=7(4)/(5)`

and that's the answer: the basketball equipment weights 7 4/5 pounds.