Ricardo picked 8 1/2 pints of strawberries and used of them to make jam. How many pints of strawberries did he use for the jam? Write the answer as a mixed number in simplest form.

Question

28/10

2 4/5

2 8/5

2 8/10

what is Anwer

Answer 1

To find the answer, we need to multiply the number of pints Ricardo picked by .

If Ricardo picked 8 1/2 pints of strawberries, this is the same as 8 + 1/2 = 16/2 + 1/2 = 17/2.

So, Ricardo picked 17/2 pints of strawberries.

Now, we need to find of 17/2 pints.

To do this, we multiply 17/2 by .

(17/2) * (10/10) = 170/20.

Simplifying this fraction gives us 8 8/20.

Reducing the fraction to simplest form produces 8 4/10.

Therefore, Ricardo used 8 4/10 pints of strawberries for the jam.

In simplest form, the answer is 2 4/5.