Bailey has 5 gallons of lemonade for his school picnic. At the end of the day he has 1 1/3 gallons of lemonade left. How much lemonade was used?

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Keira Wilcox

Mathematics

5 November, 04:21

Bailey has 5 gallons of lemonade for his school picnic. At the end of the day he has 1 1/3 gallons of lemonade left. How much lemonade was used?

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Leia · Answer 1

So he had 5 gal at end of day he had 1 and 1/3 left

so 5-x=1 1/3

add x to both sides

5=1 1/3+x

5=15/5

1 1/3=4/3

15/3=4/3+x

subtract 4/3 from both sides

11/3=x

3 2/3 was used up