Question

Edmond divided 8 3/4 gallons of ketchup equally into 2 smaller bottles to put on the tables in his hamburger restaurant. How much ketchup did he put in each bottle?

Answer 1

In this case, we'll have to carry out several steps to find the solution.

Step 01:

Data

total ketchup = 8 3/4 gallons

bottles = 2

ketchup in each bottle = ?

Step 02:

`8\text{ + }(3)/(4)=(32+3)/(4)=(35)/(4)`
`((35)/(4))/((2)/(1))=(35\cdot1)/(4\cdot2)=(35)/(8)`

The answer is:

Edmond put 35/8 gallons of ketchup in each bottle.