Question

rajendra has 14 4/5 pounds of trail mix he is putting them into bags out 1 1/2 pounds each does he have enough trail mix completely fill 8 bags explain why or why not

Answer 1

Answer: It is enough trail mix completely fill 8 bags .

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Quantity of pounds of trail mix is given by

$14\frac{4}{5}\\\\=\frac{74}{5}\ pounds$

Quantity of pounds of trail mix he is putting them into bags is given by

$1\frac{1}{2}\ pounds\\\\=\frac{3}{2}\ pounds$

Now, we will find the number of bags,

$\text{Number of bags}=\frac{\frac{74}{5}}{\frac{3}{2}}\\\\\text{Number of bags}=\frac{74\times 2}{5\times 3}\\\\\text{Number of bags}=\frac{148}{15}\\\\\text{Number of bags}=9.867=9.9=10\ approx.$

Therefore, it can fill approximately 10 bags.

Hence, it is enough trail mix completely fill 8 bags .

Answer 2

Rajendra has enough trail mix to fill 8 bags with approximately 2 extra

14 4/5 = 14.8
1 1/2 = 1.5

14.8 / 1.5 ~ 10