Question

A restaurant has 6 1/2 pies in the refrigerator. If it sells 1 3/4 pies each day , how many days will the pies last?

Answer 1

6 1/2 pies = 26/4 pies and 7/4 are sold per day

It will last

26/4 divided by 7/4 days =

104 / 28 = 26 / 7 = 3.7142857143 days

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

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Explanation:

`6(1)/(2) /1(3)/(4) =(13)/(2) /(7)/(4)=(13)/(2) *(4)/(7)=(52)/(14) =(26)/(7) =3.714`