Question

call Scott's is collecting canned food for food drive is class collects 3 and 2/3 pounds on the first day in 4 and 1/4 lb on second day how many pounds of food has they collected so far

Answer 1

The food collected on first day,

`\begin{gathered} 3(2)/(3) \\ =(3*3+2)/(3) \\ =(9+2)/(3) \\ =(11)/(3) \end{gathered}`

The food collected on second day,

`\begin{gathered} 4(1)/(4) \\ =(4*4+1)/(4) \\ =(16+1)/(4) \\ =(17)/(4) \end{gathered}`

The total amount of food collected can be calculated as,

`\begin{gathered} T=(11)/(3)+(17)/(4) \\ =(11*4+17*3)/(3*4) \\ =(44+51)/(12) \\ =(95)/(12) \\ =7(11)/(12) \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the total amount of food collected so far is 7 11/12 pounds.