Question

Which expression can be used to solve the following problem?

Answer 1

`(6*4)+(6*(2)/(3))`

Step-by-step explanation

We want to know many ounces of pretzels Levi has, knowing that he has 6 bags and each bag contains 4 2/3 ounces.

To find the answer, we have to multiply the number of bags by the ounces of pretzels each bag has,

`6*4(2)/(3)`

The mixed number is equivalent to the expression that results from adding the whole part and the fraction part of the number, so,

`4(2)/(3)=4+(2)/(3)`

If we replace this in the multiplication above,

`6*(4+(2)/(3))`

Then apply the distributive property of multiplication over addition, the expression used to solve this is,

`(6*4)+(6*(2)/(3))`