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Softa [21]
3 years ago
7

Students in a cooking class made 4 1/2 quarts of soup. They served 4/5 of the soup to friends. Each serving is 3/5 quart. Hector

incorrectly says that there were 3 3/5 servings of soup. What is the correct number of servings? What did Hector do wrong?
Mathematics
1 answer:
denpristay [2]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

The correct number of servings = 6.

By saying there were 3\frac{3}{5} servings of soup, Hector must have intended to say that there were 3\frac{3}{5} quarts of soup for serving.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total quarts of soup made by students = 4\frac{1}{2}

Fraction of the soup served to  friends = \frac{4}{5}

Each serving = \frac{3}{5} quarts

Hector incorrectly says that that there were 3\frac{3}{5} servings of soup.

To find the correct number of servings and to identify Hector's mistake.

Solution:

Total quarts of soup made = 4\frac{1}{2}=\frac{9}{2}

Fraction of total quarts served = \frac{4}{5}

Thus, total quarts of soup served = \frac{9}{2}\times \frac{4}{5}

⇒ \frac{18}{5}=3\frac{3}{5}

Thus, total quarts of soup for serving  =\frac{18}{5} or 3\frac{3}{5}

Each serving  = \frac{3}{5} quarts

Total number of servings can be given as:

⇒ \frac{Total\ quarts\ of\ serving}{Size\ of\ each\ serving}

⇒ \dfrac{\frac{18}{5}}{\frac{3}{5}}

To divide fractions, we take reciprocal of the divisor and replace divsion with multiplication.

⇒ \frac{18}{5}\times \frac{5}{3}

⇒ \frac{18}{3}

⇒ 6  servings

Thus, the correct number of servings = 6.

By saying there were 3\frac{3}{5} servings of soup, Hector must have intended to say that there were 3\frac{3}{5} quarts of soup for serving.

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