Question

Tomas combined 7.28 ounces of strawberries with 8.06 ounces of blueberries to make fruit bowls. He pours the fruit equally into four bowls and has a 1.58 ounces of fruit left over. How many ounces of fruit

Answer 1

Given :

Tomas combined 7.28 ounces of strawberries with 8.06 ounces of blueberries to make fruit bowls.

He pours the fruit equally into four bowls and has a 1.58 ounces of fruit left over.

To Find :

Weight of each ounces of fruit bowl.

Solution :

Sum of fruits , S = 7.28 + 8.06 = 15.34 ounces.

Weight of put he filled in 4 bowls, W = 15.34 - 1.58 = 13.76 ounces.

So, weight of each fruit bowl is :

`w=(13.76)/(4)\\\\w=3.44\ pounds`

Hence, this is the required solution.