Question

Last week, Kimi's Fruit Stand sold 3 7/10 boxes of nectarines. Down the road, Tyler's Fruit Stand sold 2 times as many boxes of nectarines as Kimi's did. How many boxes of nectarines did Tyler's Fruit Stand sell?

Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

7
Kimi sold 3 --- boxes
10
3 * 10 + 7 30 + 7
= ---------------- = -----------
10 10

37
= ----
10

Tyler sold two times Kimi. So Tyler sold


= 37 37 * 2
----- * 2 = -----------
10 10

37 * 2 37
= --------- = ------ OR
5 * 2 5

2
= 7 ----
5

Answer 2

Kimi's sales = 3.7 boxes

Tyler's sales = 2 x Kimi's sales = (2 x 3.7 boxes) = 7.4 boxes

That's 7 and 4/10 or 7 and 2/5 boxes.