To find the total number of apples in the box, we need to add the number of apples David and Jamal ate.
David ate 3 2/3 apples, which can be written as 11/3.
Jamal ate 5 3/9 apples, which can be written as 46/9.
To add these fractions, they need to have a common denominator. The least common multiple of 3 and 9 is 9, so we can rewrite the fractions with the common denominator of 9.
11/3 becomes 33/9.
46/9 stays the same.
Now we can add the fractions:
33/9 + 46/9 = 79/9.
Converting this mixed fraction to a mixed number, we get:
79/9 = 8 7/9.
Therefore, there were 8 7/9 apples in the box.
However, since we can't have a fraction of an apple, we round down to the nearest whole number, which is 8.
So, there were 8 apples in the box. Answer: 8.
david ate 3 2/3 apples and jamal ate 5 3/9. if they finished all the apples in a box, how many apples were in the box?
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