Ricardo pick 3 1/2 pint of strawberries and used 4/5 of them make jam how many pints of strawberries did he use for the jam write the answer I said makes number in simplest form

Answer 1

To find the amount of strawberries used for jam, we need to multiply the number of 1/2 pints of strawberries (3) by the fraction used (4/5).

3 x 4/5 = 12/5

This means that Ricardo used 12/5 pints of strawberries to make jam.

However, we can simplify this fraction.

12/5 can be simplified by dividing both the numerator (12) and denominator (5) by their greatest common divisor, which is 1.

Therefore, 12/5 in its simplest form is 2 2/5 pints of strawberries used for the jam.