Okay so, the question is:
"If 8 2/3 quarts of strawberries can be bought for $1 39/50, what is the price of a quart?"
So I first turned both these mixed numbers into improper fractions, 8 2/3 being 26/3 and 1 39/50 being 89/50; then I flipped 89/50 into 50/89 and multiplied 26 by 50 and 3 by 89 and arrived at 1300/267. Then I turn that into a mixed number, which is 4 232/267.
After that I am just lost, and checked for the answer which is 20 7/13 cents. How exactly did they arrive at that answer and what were each step to get there? Where did I go wrong? Did I do something backwards or something?
"If 8 2/3 quarts of strawberries can be bought for $1 39/50, what is the price of a quart?"
So I first turned both these mixed numbers into improper fractions, 8 2/3 being 26/3 and 1 39/50 being 89/50; then I flipped 89/50 into 50/89 and multiplied 26 by 50 and 3 by 89 and arrived at 1300/267. Then I turn that into a mixed number, which is 4 232/267.
After that I am just lost, and checked for the answer which is 20 7/13 cents. How exactly did they arrive at that answer and what were each step to get there? Where did I go wrong? Did I do something backwards or something?
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"If 8 2/3 quarts of strawberries can be bought for $1 39/50, what is the price of a quart?"
there is a minor glitch in your answer
let the quart be "Q" so we have 8 2/3 = 26/3
bought for $1 39/50,which means : 1 dollar and 39/50 is of a dollar
= 100 cents + 100* 39/50 cents
=100 (1 +39/50) cents
therefore
26/3 * Q = 100 * 89/50
Q= 100 * 89/50 * 3/26
Q= 267/13 cents or 20 7/13 cents
*key is make sure all are in same units*
there is a minor glitch in your answer
let the quart be "Q" so we have 8 2/3 = 26/3
bought for $1 39/50,which means : 1 dollar and 39/50 is of a dollar
= 100 cents + 100* 39/50 cents
=100 (1 +39/50) cents
therefore
26/3 * Q = 100 * 89/50
Q= 100 * 89/50 * 3/26
Q= 267/13 cents or 20 7/13 cents
*key is make sure all are in same units*
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1 quart will equal 21¢