Question

A can contains 15/16 pound of vegetables. One serving of these vegetables weighs 1/4 pound. What is the total number of servings of vegetables in the can?

Answer 1

There are 3 and 3/4 servings in the can of vegetables.

All we need to do is divide the total weight of the cans by the amount in each serving.

15/16 divided by 1/4 means we multiply 15/16 by 4/1

This will give us 60/16 which reduces to 15/4 and finally to 3 and 3/4.

Answer 2

There are
`3(3)/(4)` servings of vegetables in the can.

Explanation:

A can contains vegetables =
`(15)/(16)` pounds

One serving serving of the vegetables weighs =
`(1)/(4)` pounds

Let total number of servings of the vegetable in the can are = x

Then vegetables in x servings =
`((1)/(4))x`

Vegetables in x servings are equal to the total amount of vegetables in the can

Therefore,
`(1)/(4)x=(15)/(16)`

Now we multiply this equation by 4

x =
`(15* 4)/(16)`

=
`(15)/(4)`

=
`3(3)/(4)`

Therefore, there are
`3(3)/(4)` servings of vegetables in the can.