Question

James and his family spend a morning picking peaches. They fill several bags. This line plot shows the weight of each bag. How many more pounds does one of the heaviest bags weigh than one of the lightest bags? Enter your answer as a fraction in simplest form by filling in the boxes.

Answer 1

The answer is "
`1(1)/(2)`"

Explanation:

Please find the graph file of the question in the attachment.

Its first step is the lightest and heaviest evil.
`4 (1)/(4)` is the lightest bag, and
`5 \frac34` is the heaviest bag. To remove it now, it is not permissible to remove it as a mixed fraction, therefore convert each fraction into an improper fraction by multiplying the whole integer to the numerator, then adding a numerator to this amount, multiplied by the numerator. Follow those steps to find out
`4 (1)/(4)` is the wrong part.

`(4* 4+1=17) \ so\ 4\frac14=(17)/(4).` The process is the same for
`5 \frac34 (5* 4+3=23) \ so \ 5 \frac34= (23)/(4).`

You now deduce the numerator but just not the negative, to deduct both. You subtract, as the question is raised far as
`(23)/(4)-(17)/(4) =(6)/(4)` is involved. The last stage is that this is transformed into blended families, dividing its count by the denominator, 6 divided by 4 is identical to 1.5. 1 is a full amount so you don't modify it, but you do need to change the 5 decimals to
`1.5=1 (5)/(10)` and the last step is
`1(1)/(2)`to reduce.