Rose bought some spinach she used 3/5 of the spinach on a pan of spinach pie for a party and 3/4 of the remaining spinach for a pan for her family she used the rest to make a salad. If rose used 3 pounds of spinach to make the pan of spinach pie for the party how many pounds of spinach did rose use to make the saled

Total pounds of spinach = 5 pounds

Pounds used for salad = 0.5 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

Total spinach = x

She used pan of spinach pie for a party = 3/5x

Remaining spinach = x - 3/5x

= 5x-3x/5

= 2/5x

She used 3/4 of the remaining spinach for a pan for her family

3/4 of 2/5x

= 3/4 × 2/5x

= 6/20x

= 3/10x

she used the rest to make a salad.

Salad = x - (3/5)x - (3/10)x

= (1 - 3/5 - 3/10)x

= (10-6-3/10)x

= 1/10x

If rose used 3 pounds of spinach to make the pan of spinach pie for the party how many pounds of spinach did rose use to make the saled

She used pan of spinach pie for a party = 3/5x

3/5x = 3 pounds

Divide both sides by 3/5

x = 3 ÷ 3/5

= 3 × 5/3

x = 5 pounds

Salad = 1/10x

= 1/10 * 5

= 5/10

= 0.5 pounds