Question

A sack of potatoes weighs 14 pounds 6 ounces after wendy makes potatoe salad for a picnic the sack weighs 6 pounds 14 ounces what is the weight of the potatoe wendy used for the potato salad question

Answer 1

7 pounds and 8 ounces

Explanation:

Given:

A sack of potatoes weighs 14 pounds 6 ounces.

After Wendy makes potato salad for a picnic the sack weighs 6 pounds 14 ounces.

Question asked:

What is the weight of the potato Wendy used for the potato salad?

Solution:

First of all we will convert pound into ounces:-

As we know:

1 pound = 16 ounces

14 pounds 6 ounces = 16
`*` 14 + 6 = 224 + 6 = 230 ounces

A sack of potatoes weighs = 230 ounces

After Wendy makes potato salad for a picnic the sack weighs 6 pounds 14 ounces.

Similarly, 6 pounds 14 ounces = 6
`*` 16 + 14

= 96 + 14 = 110 ounces

Wendy used for the potato salad = 230 ounces - 110 ounces

= 120 ounces.

16 ounces = 1 pound

1 ounces =
`(1)/(16)`

120 ounces =
`(1)/(16)*120=7(8)/(16)\ 7\ pounds\ 8\ ounces`

Thus, Wendy used 7 pounds and 8 ounces for the potato salad.