Question

For a fruit salad recipe, Jenna combined 3/8 cup of raisins, 7/8 cup of oranges and 3/4 cups of apples. How many cups of fruit are in the salad

Answer 1

x=3/8+7/8+3/4

Using the LCM of 8 for the denominator, we get:

x=3/8+7/8+6/8

x=3+7+6/8

x=16/8

x=2

Answer 2

If you would like to know how many cups of fruits are in the salad, you can calculate this using the following steps:

3/8 cup of raisins + 7/8 cup of oranges + 3/4 cup of apples = 3/8 + 7/8 + 3/4 = 10/8 + 3/4 = 5/4 + 3/4 = 8/4 = 2 cups of fruits

The correct result would be 2 cups of fruits.