Question

For a fruit salad recipe. Jenna combined 3/8 cups of raisins 7/8. Cup of oranges and 3/4 cups of apples. About how many cups of fruit are in the salad

Answer 1

There are 2 cups of fruit in the fruit salad.

Explanation:

We consider the total number of cups of fruit as x. This represents the total of the given numbers of cups of raisins, oranges and apples. Hence;

x=38+78+34

Using the LCM of 8 for the denominator, we get:

x=38+78+68

x=3+7+68

x=168

x=2