Question

Jemiyah went to the store to buy x pounds of broccoli. When she got home, she ate 3/4 of a pound.Write an expression that shows how much she has left.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Given;

We are told that Jemiyah bought x pounds of broccoli. She ate 3/4 of a pound.

Required;

We are required to write an expression that shows how much she has left.

Step-by-step solution;

The total amount of items is given as x. If Jemiyah consumes 3/4 of a pound, we will subtract this from the total bought. The result will represent the amount leftover.

Therefore, we would have;

`\begin{gathered} Total\text{ }bought-amount\text{ }eaten=leftover \\ \\ x-((3)/(4)/(x)/(1))=leftover \\ \\ x-((3)/(4)*(1)/(x))=leftover \\ \\ x-(3)/(4x)=leftover \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the expression that represents her leftover would be;

ANSWER:

`x-(3)/(4x)`