Question

Sheldon harvest the strawberries and tomatoes in his garden. He picks 1 2/5 kg lesss strawberries in the morning tha in the afternnoon. If sheldon picks 2 1/4 in the morning, how many kilograms of strawberries does he pick in the afternoon?

Answer 1

Answer:

$3\frac{13}{20}=3.65$ kg.

Step-by-step explanation:        

Let S be amount of strawberries picked in the afternoon.

We have been given that Sheldon harvest the strawberries and tomatoes in his garden. He picks 1 2/5 kg less strawberries in the morning than in the afternoon and the strawberries picked in morning are $2\frac{1}{4}$ kg.

To find the amount of strawberries picked by Sheldon in the afternoon we will add $2\frac{1}{4}$ and $1\frac{2}{5}$  :

$S= 2\frac{1}{4}+1\frac{2}{5}$      

Upon converting our given mixed fractions into improper fraction we will get,

$S= \frac{9}{4}+\frac{7}{5}$

Now let us have a common denominator.

$S=\frac{9*5}{4*5}+\frac{7*4}{5*4}$

$S=\frac{45}{20}+\frac{28}{20}$

$S=\frac{45+28}{20}$

$S=\frac{73}{20}$  

$S=3\frac{13}{20}$  

$S=3.65$

Therefore, Sheldon picked $3\frac{13}{20}=3.65$ kg of strawberries in the afternoon.