High School

Josh makes a fruit salad with bananas, blueberries, and strawberries. He uses 2 3/4 pounds of bananas, 1 1/2 pounds of blueberries, and some strawberries. The fruit salad weighs 6 1/8 pounds.

How many pounds of strawberries does Josh use?

Answer :

Final answer:

To determine the weight of strawberries used in the fruit salad, the weights of bananas and blueberries were subtracted from the total weight, resulting in 1 7/8 pounds of strawberries.

Explanation:

To find out how many pounds of strawberries Josh used in his fruit salad, we need to subtract the weight of the bananas and blueberries from the total weight of the fruit salad.

  • Total weight of the fruit salad = 6 1/8 pounds
  • Weight of bananas = 2 3/4 pounds
  • Weight of blueberries = 1 1/2 pounds

First, we convert all the mixed numbers to improper fractions to make the calculations easier:

  • 6 1/8 pounds = (8*6+1)/8 = 49/8 pounds (total weight)
  • 2 3/4 pounds = (4*2+3)/4 = 11/4 pounds (bananas)
  • 1 1/2 pounds = (2*1+1)/2 = 3/2 pounds (blueberries)

Now we subtract the weight of bananas and blueberries from the total weight:

49/8 pounds - 11/4 pounds - 3/2 pounds

= 49/8 - 22/8 - 12/8

= 15/8 pounds

Converting the improper fraction back to a mixed number:

15/8 pounds = 1 7/8 pounds

Therefore, Josh used 1 7/8 pounds of strawberries in his fruit salad.

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