Question

A jar contains 0.85 liter of strawberry juice and 0.50 liter of mango juice. Celina poured 0.15 liter of watermelon juice into the jar. She then drank 0.30 liter of the mixture. Part A: Write an expression to represent the total amount of juice left in the jar. Part B: Solve your expression

Answer 1

Hello! To solve this problem, all you have to do is add and subtract numbers as needed.

A. An expression for this would be 0.85 + 0.50 + 0.15 - 0.30. This is because there is already juice in the mixture. Celina adds more juice in it and she drinks some of it.

B. Now, let’s solve the expression. 0.85 + 0.50 is 1.35. 1.35 + 0.15 is 1.5. 1.5 - 0.3 = 1.2. The amount of juice left in the jar is 1.2 liters.