Tom bought 2 5/16 lbs of penuts and 2.45 lbs of cashews. which did he buy more of?

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Problem: Tom bought 2 5/16 lbs of peanuts and 2.45 lbs of cashews. Which did he buy more of?

1) We know 2 is equal to 2 so what were looking at here are the fractions.

2) 0.45 is also 45/100 we can simplify 45/100 by dividing the numerator and denominator by 5. Then we get 9/20

3) We know 1/16 is greater than 1/20

4) 3/16 is greater than 1/20

5) 5/16 is 3/16 away from 8/16 or 1/2

6) 9/20 is only 1/20 away from 10/20 or 1/2

7) Since the number of cashews is closer to 2.5, Tom bought more

step-by-step explanation:

always plug in x. in this case, x equals 4.

i'm going to first solve 4(2+3x)

1) 4(2+3(4)) use pemdas to solve.

i'm going to multiply whats in the parenthesis first, so 3 times 4=12.

2)4 (2+12) i'm then going to multiply 4 by both numbers in the parenthesis (because multiplying comes before adding)

4 times 2= 8.   4 times 12= 48

4) (8+48)= 56 (answer)

i'm then going to solve 8+12x and plug in 4 for x.

1) 8 +12(4)

multiplying comes before adding, so i'm gonna multiply 12 and 4.

12 times 4= 48.

2) 8+48=56

both equal the same!

complete the steps to find the area of the trapezoid.

area of rectangle = 256   square units

area of triangle 1 = 24  square units

area of triangle 2 = 16  square units

area of triangle 3 =   96 square units

area of trapezoid = 120  square units

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