Question

The owner of a produce stand is selling baskets of peaches, priced by the kilogram. She rounded each measurements to the nearest 2 1 ​ start fraction, 1, divided by, 2, end fraction of a kilogram.How much heavier is the heaviest basket than the second heaviest basket?

Answer 1

Answer:

$1\frac{1}{2}kg$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$a = 6\frac{1}{2}$ --- heaviest

$b = 5$ --- second heaviest

Required

The difference (d)

This is calculated as:

$d = 6\frac{1}{2} - 5$

$d = 1\frac{1}{2}$