Question

A restaurant has 9 3/5 pounds of onion. The restaurant manger ordered 4 4/5 more pounds of onion.the onions then were mixed and kept on 2 baskets with each basket have equal pounds of onion.How many pounds does each basket contain?

Answer 1

Given data:

The initial amount of onion in the restaurant is I=9 3/5 punds.

The amount of onion ordered is O=4 4/5 pounds.

The expression for the total amount of onion is,

T=I+O

Substiitute the given values in the above expression.

T