4/5 pounds of cherries is 2/3 of the bucket. How many pounds of cherries can be fill with 1 bucket

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Corbin Haley

Mathematics

4 July, 02:25

4/5 pounds of cherries is 2/3 of the bucket. How many pounds of cherries can be fill with 1 bucket

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Deja · Answer 1

Answer: 1 and 1/5 pounds

Step by step explanation:

Find a common denominator.

In this particular equation we'll use 15. Take 4/5 and multiply that by 3/3 and you get 12/15. Then take 2/3 and multiple that by 5/5, you then get 10/15. (That step was simply so we can compare the data easier, it is a crucial step to this question). So now you know that you have 12/15 cherries in the bucket and you need get 3/15 more to fill the bucket. And if 2/3=6/15 than you would need another 1/3 so, you would add 6/15 to 12/15 and get 18/15 = 1 3/15. Im not complete sure if this is correct, but I tried : (.