Question

A farmer market has 7/9 bushel of plums when it opens in the morning.By noon ,1/3of the plums are left .How many ,plums in bushels did the farmers market sell

Answer 1

Farmers market sell (4/9) bushels of plums .

Explanation:

We are given that a farmer market has (7/9) bushel of plums when it opens in the morning and By noon , (1/3) of the plums are left.

Bushels of plums farmer market sells = Bushels of plums farmer market have in the morning - Bushels of plums farmer market are left with by noon

=
`(7)/(9) - (1)/(3)` =
`(7-3)/(9)` =
`(4)/(9)` = 4/9

Therefore, farmer market sells (4/9) bushels of plums .

Answer 2

farmers market sold 4/9 plums in bushel

Explanation:

We know that at the beginning of the day we have 7/9 of a bushel of plums and that after a while there are 1/3 of a bushel of plums, so to calculate how many were sold we have to subtract the bushel of plums that were left from the initial ones

7/9 - 1/3

if we want to do this subtraction we have to find a fraction equivalent to 1/3 that can be subtracted from 7/9

1/3 = (1 * 3) / (3 * 3) = 3/9

now we are just the top and leave the denominator the same as before

7/9 - 3/9 = 4/9