Question

1. Sue uses 2.59 pounds ofstrawberries and 0.65 poundof blueberries to make fruitsalad. She serves the sameamount of salad in each of 9bowls. What is the weight,in pounds, of each serving tothe nearest tenth?

Answer 1

Problem:

Sue uses 2.59 pounds of strawberries and 0.65 pounds of blueberries to make a fruit salad. She serves the same amount of salad in each of 9

bowls. What is the weight, in pounds, of each serving to

the nearest tenth?

Solution:

The total weight of the fruit salad is:

2.59 pounds + 0.65 pounds = 3.24 pounds.

Now, if she serves the same amount of salad in each of 9 bowls, we have that the weight in each serving is:

`(3.24)/(9)=\text{ 0.36 pounds}`

Then, we can conclude that the correct answer is:

0.36 pounds.