Answered

Get clear, concise, and accurate answers to your questions on IDNLearn.com. Join our interactive community and get comprehensive, reliable answers to all your questions.

A car repair shop offers its customers free coffee while they wait. By the end of the day, the
coffee urn, which had started out with 5 1/3 gallons of coffee, was left with 1 1/2 gallons.
How many gallons of coffee had been dispensed?
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Sagot :

Musiclover10045idn

Rewrite the fractions to have a common denominator:

1/3 = 2/6

1/2 = 3/6

Now rewrite the full numbers as improper fraction:

5 2/6 = 32/6

1 3/6 = 9/6

Subtract:

32/6 - 9/6 = 23/6

Now rewrite as 3 5/6

Answer: 3 5/6

Thank you for joining our conversation. Don't hesitate to return anytime to find answers to your questions. Let's continue sharing knowledge and experiences! Find the answers you need at IDNLearn.com. Thanks for stopping by, and come back soon for more valuable insights.