Question

Karen operates a hot dog stand. On Wednesday she used 9 1/3 bags of hot

Answer 1

Explanation:

We know that Karen operates a hot dog stand. So we have:

On Wednesday:

$\text{She used} \ 9 \frac{1}{3} \ \text{bags of hot dog buns.}$

On Thursday:

$\text{She used} \ \frac{1}{3} \ \text{as many hot dog buns as on Wednesday}$

Therefore, if x is the amount of hot dog buns she used on Thursday, then:

$x=\frac{1}{3}(9\frac{1}{3}) \\ \\ x=\frac{1}{3}\times 9+\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{1}{3} \\ \\ x=\frac{28}{9}$

Therefore, on Thursday she used 28/9 bags of hot  dog buns.