Problem:
Sue uses 2.59 pounds of strawberries and 0.65 pounds of blueberries to make a fruit salad. She serves the same amount of salad in each of 9
bowls. What is the weight, in pounds, of each serving to
the nearest tenth?
Solution:
The total weight of the fruit salad is:
2.59 pounds + 0.65 pounds = 3.24 pounds.
Now, if she serves the same amount of salad in each of 9 bowls, we have that the weight in each serving is:
[tex]\frac{3.24}{9}=\text{ 0.36 pounds}[/tex]Then, we can conclude that the correct answer is:
0.36 pounds.
