Calculate out how many times the denominator goes into the numerator. To do that, divide 234 by 8 and keep only what is to the left of the decimal point:

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2 years ago

A health food company packs almond butter in jars. Some jars hold 250 g. Other jars hold 500 g. On Tuesday, the company packed 1

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Let the number of 250g=0.25 kg jars be x and that of 500g=0.5 kg jams be y;
therefore:
total number of jars ws
x+y=511
x=511-y..........i

total mount kgs was:
0.25x+0.5y=186.5....ii
substituting i in ii
0.25(511-y)+0.5y=186.5
127.75-0.25y+0.5y=186.5
solving for y we get:
0.25y=186.5-127.75
0.25y=58.75
y=58.75/0.25
y=235 jars
and
x=511-x
=511-235
=276
hence we conclude that there was 235 jars with 0.5 kg almond and 276 jars with 0.25 kg almonds

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