Question

Stacie is a resident at the medical facility where you work. You are asked to chart the amount of solid food that she consumes. For the noon meal, today, she ate 1/2 of a 3 ounce serving of meatloaf, 3/4 of her 3 ounce serving of mashed potatoes, and 1/3 of a 2 ounce serving of green beans. Show in decimal form, how many ounces of solid food that Stacie consumed. Round two decimal places for final answer. Show work.

Answer 1

Stacie consumed 4.42 ounces of solid food.

Explanation:

First of all, we have to find the total ounces of solid food that Stacie consumed by adding all of her portions as given in the question. However, since she did not eat the full servings of each food, we first have to find how much of each food she ate exactly.

Thus;

1/2 of 3 oz of meatloaf = ½ * 3 = 3/2 ounces

3/4 of 3 oz of mashed potatoes =

¾ * 3 = 9/4 ounces

1/3 of 2 oz of green beans

= ⅓ * 2 = 2/3 ounces

Now, adding them up we have;

3/2 + 9/4 + 2/3 ≈ 4.42 ounces

Stacie consumed 4.42 ounces of solid food.