Every week, Chris buys 3 pounds of coffee. However, this week he only brought 3/5 the amount of coffee. How much coffee did he buy this week?

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Dalupus · Answer 1 · 2023-03-17T03:13:12+0000

The Solution:

Given:

Chris buys 3 pounds of coffee every week.

But this week, Chris only bought 3/5 of the amount he usually buys every week.

So,

$(3)/(5)*3\text{ pounds}=(9)/(5)pounds=1.8\text{ pounds of coffee.}$

Therefore, the correct answer is 1.8 pounds of coffee.