Question

A store owner had 42 pounds of almonds, 38.5 pounds of walnuts, and 62.5 pounds of peanuts. If the owner splits the peanuts equally into 5 jars, how many pounds of peanuts will each jar contain?

Answer 1

Here is your answer

$12.5 pounds$

REASON:

Weight of total peanuts= 62.5 pounds

It is splitted into equally into 5 jars.

So,

Pounds of peanut each jar contains= Total weight/No. of jars

= 62.5/5 pounds

= 12.5 pounds (in each jar)

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