Question

He harvest 49.92 kilograms of tomatoes and 65.92 kilograms of squash. He distributes the tomatoes and squash into 32 farm share baskets. How many more kilograms of squash than tomatoes does each basket contain?

Answer 1

Given:

The amount of tomatoes is T = 49.92 kg.

The amount of squash is S = 65.92 kg.

The number of farm baskets is n = 32.

The objective is to find the amount of squash more than tomatoes in each basket.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the total number of farm baskets is 32, the quantity of tomatoes in each basket will be

`\begin{gathered} t=(T)/(n) \\ =(49.92)/(32) \\ =1.56\text{ kg} \end{gathered}`

Now, the quantity of squashes in each basket will be,

`\begin{gathered} s=(S)/(n) \\ =(65.92)/(32) \\ =2.06 \end{gathered}`

Now, the difference between the quantity of squash and the quantity of tomatoes will be,

`\begin{gathered} d=s-t \\ =2.06-1.56 \\ =0.5\text{ kg} \end{gathered}`

Thus, the squash is 0.5 kg more than the tomatoes in each basket.

Hence, option (B) is the correct answer.