Question

On Saturday mark sold 2 7/8 gallons of lemonade. On the same day regan sold 2/3 as much lemonade as mark. How much lemonade in gallons did regan sell

Answer 1

69/16 gallon

Explanation:

The total amount of lemonade Regan sells is 69/16 gallons and this can be determined by using the arithmetic operations.

Given : Mark sold 2 7/8 gallons of lemonade.

Regan sold 2/3 as much lemonade as Mark.

The following steps can be used in order to determine the total amount of lemonade Regan sells:

Step 1 - The arithmetic operations can be used in order to determine the total amount of lemonade Regan sells.

Step 2 - According to the given data, Mark sold 23/8 gallons of lemonade.

Step 3 - Let the total amount of lemonade Regan sells be 'x'.

Step 4 - So, the value of 'x' can be calculated as:

The total amount of lemonade Regan sells is 69/16 gallon