Question

A farmer sells 7.7 kilograms of apples and pears at the farmer's market.

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4
of this weight is apples, and the rest is pears. How many kilograms of pears did she sell at the farmer's market?

Answer 1

She sold 5.775 kilograms of pears at the farmer's market.

Explanation:

Let's first determine the information that the question gives us, and what we need to find.

Given:

The farmer sold 7.7 kilograms of apples and pears

1/4 of the weight is apples

The rest of the weight is pears

Find:

Kilograms of pears that the farmer sold

Start by finding the fraction of the whole weight that was pears...

`1-(1)/(4)=(4)/(4)-(1)/(4)=(3)/(4)`

Now, find 3/4 of 7.7...

`(3)/(4)(7.7)=(23.1)/(4)=5.775\ kg`

She sold 5.775 kilograms of pears at the farmer's market.