Carlos mixed 2/10L of orange juice with 1/8L of pineapple juice. Determine a reasonable estimate of the total amount of juice Carlos mixed.

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Yifan Zhang · Answer 1 · 2020-07-15T22:56:45+0000

Answer:

$(13)/(40)\ liters$ or
$0.325\ liters$

Explanation:

we know that

To find the total amount of juice Carlos mixed, sum the liters of orange juice plus the liters of pineapple juice

Let

x------> liters of orange juice

y-----> liters of pineapple juice

z----> total amount of juice mixed

so

z=x+y

we have

$x=(2)/(10)\ liters$

$y=(1)/(8)\ liters$

substitute

$z=(2)/(10)+(1)/(8)=(4*2+5*1)/(40)=(13)/(40)\ liters$

Convert to decimal form

$(13)/(40)\ liters=0.325\ liters$