Pamela operates an orange juice stand. On Monday she used 10 bags of oranges. On Tuesday she used 7/8 as many oranges as on Monday. How many bags of oranges did Pamela use on Tuesday?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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To find out how many bags of oranges Pamela used on Tuesday, we need to calculate \( \frac{7}{8} \) of the number of bags she used on Monday.

On Monday, she used 10 bags of oranges. So, we calculate \( \frac{7}{8} \times 10 \):

\[ \frac{7}{8} \times 10 = \frac{7 \times 10}{8} = \frac{70}{8} \]

Next, we simplify \( \frac{70}{8} \):

\[ \frac{70}{8} = \frac{35}{4} \]

Now, we can express \( \frac{35}{4} \) as a mixed number. To do this, we divide 35 by 4:

  • 35 divided by 4 gives 8, with a remainder of 3.

So, we can write \( \frac{35}{4} \) as:

\[ 8 \frac{3}{4} \]

Thus, the number of bags of oranges Pamela used on Tuesday is \( \frac{35}{4} \) or \( 8 \frac{3}{4} \).

In summary, Pamela used \( \frac{35}{4} \) bags of oranges on Tuesday.