Question

Mary ate x pounds of cherries. Leslie ate LaTeX: \frac{6}{9}6 9 more. Write an expression to represent how many pounds of cherries Leslie ate.

Answer 1

The expression to represent number of cherries Leslie ate = ( x +
`(6)/(9)` ) pound.

Explanation:

As given,

Mary ate cherries = x pound

And

Leslie ate
`(6)/(9)` more.

⇒Leslie ate cherries = ( x +
`(6)/(9)` ) pound.