Question

Marcial found the following recipe for fruit salad that he wanted to try to make for his birthday party. He decided to triple the recipe. Fruit Salad: 4 1/2 cups thinly sliced rhubarb, 2 5 apples, cored and diced, 15 seedless grapes, halved, 7/9 peach, sliced, 1/2 orange, sectioned, 1 plum, pitted and sliced, 10 fresh strawberries, halved, 3/7 cup fresh blueberries. Part 1 out of 2. What is the new amount for the oranges, apples, blueberries, and peaches?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1 plum, pitted and sliced, 10 fresh strawberries, halved, 3/7 cup fresh blueberries. Part 1 out of 2. What is the new amount for the oranges, apples, blueberries, and peaches?

Answer 2

Marcial needs to triple the recipe for oranges, apples, blueberries, and peaches. The new amounts are 1 and 1/2 oranges, 7 and 3/4 apples, 1 and 2/7 cups of blueberries, and 2 and 1/3 peaches.

Step-by-step explanation:

Marcial is looking to triple the quantities of ingredients for a fruit salad recipe for his birthday party. To calculate the new amounts for the oranges, apples, blueberries, and peaches, we will multiply the original amounts by three.

• Oranges: The original recipe calls for 1/2 orange. Triple that amount would be 1/2 x 3 = 1 and 1/2 oranges.
• Apples: The original recipe calls for 2 5/8 apples. Tripling this amount gives us 2 5/8 x 3 = 7 6/8 or 7 and 3/4 apples.
• Blueberries: The original amount is 3/7 cup of blueberries. Tripling this amount results in 3/7 x 3 = 9/7 cups, which simplifies to 1 and 2/7 cups of blueberries.
• Peaches: Initially there is 7/9 of a peach. Tripling gives us 7/9 x 3 = 21/9, which is equivalent to 2 and 1/3 peaches.