Question

A box of popcorn weighs 15/16 pounds the box contains 1/3 butter popcorn and 2/3popcorn how much is a cheesy popcorn weigh

Answer 1

Total weight of box of popcorn =15/16 pounds.

We are given two types of popcorns are there, butter popcorns and cheesy popcorns.

Butter popcorn is the one third of the total weight = 1/3 of Total weight

Plugging value of total wight, we get

= 1/3 * 15/16 = 5/16 pounds.

Cheesy popcorn = 2/3 of Total weight

Plugging value of total wight, we get

= 2/3 * 15/16 = 10/16 or 5/8 pounds.

Therefore, cheesy popcorn weigh is 5/8 pounds.