Question

A farmer sells 8.9 kilograms of apples and pears at the farmer's market. 2/5 of this weight is apples, and the rest is pears. How many kilograms of pears did she sell at the farmer's market? express your answer in fraction and decimal form solve on paper then check your work.

Answer 1

The total weight of apples and pears he sold is 8.9 kilograms.

We are told that 2/5 of this weight is from apples. To calculate how much is a fraction out of the weight, we need to multiply the total weight by the fraction we need.

First, find the fractions that the pears represent:

Since 2/5 are from the apples --> 3/5 of the weight are pears.

So we multiply 8.9 by 3/5:

`8.9*(3)/(5)`

To solve this expression, we multiply 8.9 by 3 and then divide by 5:

`\begin{gathered} =(8.9*3)/(5) \\ =(26.7)/(5) \\ =5.34 \end{gathered}`

5.34 kilograms of the total weight are the pears.

Answer:

The pears represent 3/5 of the weight which is 5.34 kilograms