Question

A farmer sells 6.3 kg of pears and their apples at the farmers market 2/5 of this way is pears and the rest is apples how many kilograms of apples did she sell at the farmers market express your answer in fraction decimal form

Answer 1

Decimal form : 3.78 kg

Fraction form : 189/50 (3 39/50)

Explanation:

Since 2/5 of 6.3 is the weight of the pears, to find that, we'd multiply 2/5 by 6.3, which is 2.52. To find the weight of the apples, we'd do 6.3 subtracted by 2.52 (the pear weight), which is 3.78, or 189/50 :)