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A farmer sells 6.3 kg of pears and their apples at the farmers market 2/5 of this way is pears and the rest is apples how many kilograms of apples did she sell at the farmers market express your answer in fraction decimal form

User Gaurav Sharma
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Answer:

Decimal form : 3.78 kg

Fraction form : 189/50 (3 39/50)

Explanation:

Since 2/5 of 6.3 is the weight of the pears, to find that, we'd multiply 2/5 by 6.3, which is 2.52. To find the weight of the apples, we'd do 6.3 subtracted by 2.52 (the pear weight), which is 3.78, or 189/50 :)

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