Question

MATH QUESTION: Julie bought a bag of parsnips that weighed 4 2/7 pounds. She also bought a bag of turnips that weighed 1 1/3 times as much as the parsnips. How many pounds of turnips did Julie buy? Express your answer as a simplified mixed number.

Answer 1

Julie buy
`5(5)/(7)` pounds of turnips.

Explanation:

We are given that Julie bought a bag of parsnips that weighed (
`4(2)/(7)`) pounds. She also bought a bag of turnips that weighed (
`1(1)/(3)`) times as much as the parsnips.

We have to find how many pounds of turnips did Julie buy.

Firstly, the weight of a bag of parsnips that Julie bought =
`4(2)/(7)` =
`(30)/(7)` pounds

Now, it is stated that she bought a bag of turnips that weighed (
`1(1)/(3)`) times as much as the parsnips, that means;

Weight turnips bag =
`(4)/(3) * (30)/(7)`

=
`4 * (10)/(7)`

=
`(40)/(7)`

So, Julie buy
`5(5)/(7)` pounds of turnips.