Please solve the word problem. Siti opened a 2-kg packet of flour. She used 4/9 of the flour to make a pizza. Then she used 2/7 of the remaining flour to make cakes. Find the mass of the packet of flour that she had left. Express your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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Please solve the word problem.  Siti opened a 2-kg packet of flour. She used 4/9 of the flour to make a pizza. Then she used 2/7 of the remaining flour to make cakes. Find the mass of the packet of flour that she had left. Express your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

Damon · Accepted Answer

start 2 kg then used 4/9, 5/9 left then used 2/7, 5/7*5/9 = 25/63 left 25/63 = use calculator