Question

Help. I need to be freed from the curse of math homework.

Answer 1

ANSWER ; On average, Bailey reads 5/7 books per week

EXPLANATION;

Here, we want to get the average number of books per week Bailey reads

To get this, we simply have to divide the number of books she read by the number of weeks it took her to read them

Mathematically, we proceed as follows;

`2(1)/(2)\text{ }/\text{ 3}(1)/(2)`

Now, to proceed with the division, we have to turn each of the mixed fractions to improper fraction ( a fraction that has its numerator greater than its denoinator)

To do this, we multiply the denominator by the stand alone number, then add the numerator; after which we place the sum over the denominator

We have an example as follows;

`a\text{ }(b)/(c)\text{ = }((a* c)+b)/(c)`

Applying this to the fractions, we have;

`2(1)/(2)\text{ = }(5)/(2)\text{ and 3}(1)/(2)\text{ = }(7)/(2)`

Finally, we proceed with the division;

`(5)/(2)\text{ }/\text{ }(7)/(2)\text{ = }(5)/(2)*(2)/(7)\text{ = }(5)/(7)`