Question

23. Stacie is a resident at the medical facility where you work. You are asked to chart the amount of solid food that she consumes. For the noon meal, today, she ate 1/2 of a 3-ounce serving of meatloaf, 3/4 of her 3-ounce serving of mashed potatoes, and 1/3 of a 2-ounce serving of green beans. Show, in decimal form, how many ounces of solid food that Stacie consumed. Round two decimal places for final answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

4.42 ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

The solid food Stacie has eaten in the noon meal:

1. $\frac{1}2$ of a 3-ounce serving of meatloaf.

2. $\frac{3}4$ of her 3-ounce serving of mashed potatoes

3. $\frac{1}3$ of a 2-ounce serving of green beans

To find:

How many ounces of solid food was consumed by Stacie (upto 2 decimal places) ?

Solution:

Let us convert the given fractions to decimal form upto 2 decimal places:

1. $\frac{1}{2}\ of\ 3\ ounces$ $= \frac{1}{2}\times 3 =1.50\ ounces$ meatloaf .

2. $\frac{3}{4}\ of\ 3\ ounces$ $= \frac{3}{4}\times 3 =2.25\ ounces$ mashed potatoes .

3. $\frac{1}{3}\ of\ 2\ ounces$ $= \frac{1}{3}\times 2 =0.67\ ounces$ green beans.

Let us add the above 3 quantities to get total solid food consumed.

Total solid food consumed = 1.50 + 2.25 +0.67 = 4.42 ounces.

So, the answer is 4.42 ounces.