Question

Nina mixed 2 ⅛ pounds of apples, 1 ½ pounds of berries, and 1 ¼ pounds of grapes for a salad. She set aside ⅓ of the slad for dinner and put the rest in a container for later. How many pounds of salad did she put in the container?

Answer 1

Answer:
`(13)/(4)\ \text{or}\ 3\ (1)/(4)\ \text{Pounds}`

Explanation:

Given

Nina mixed
`2\ (1)/(8)` pounds of apples,
`1\ (1)/(2)` pounds of berries, and
`1\ (1)/(4)` pounds of grapes.

Total salad is

`\Rightarrow (2* 8+1)/(8)+(1* 2+1)/(2)+(1* 4+1)/(4)\\\\\Rightarrow (17)/(8)+(3)/(2)+(5)/(4)=(17+12+10)/(8)\\\\\Rightarrow (39)/(8)\ \text{Pounds}`

Now, one-third of the salad is kept aside and the remaining is put in the container.

Amount of salad Put in the container is

`\Rightarrow (1-(1)/(3))\cdot ((39)/(8))=(13)/(4)\ \text{Pounds}`