Question

liam bought 5 8/9 pounds of steak. He used 2 1/19 pound of steak for a cookoutfill in each blankrounded to the closest benchmark, Liam bought about ??? pounds of steakrounded to the closest benchmark, Liam used about ??? pounds of steak for the cookout.Liam has about ??? pounds of steak remaining after the cookout

Answer 1

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to solve this question, we simply need to convert the mixed fractions into improper fractions and then into the nearest decimal value.

1. Liam bought 5 8/9 pounds of steak

`5(8)/(9)=(53)/(9)=5.8`

Liam bought approximately 5.8 pounds of steak

2. Liam used 2 1/9 pounds for steak

`2(1)/(19)=(39)/(19)=2.052\approx2.1`

3. Liam has about x quantity left after steakout. To know the quantity left after the steakout, simply subtract the quantity he used for the steakout from the original quantity he bought.

`\begin{gathered} x=5(8)/(9)-2(1)/(19) \\ x=(53)/(9)-(39)/(19) \\ x=(656)/(171)=\text{3}.8 \end{gathered}`

the quantity left after the steakout is 3.8