Question

For a fruit salad recipe, Jenna combined 3/8 cup of raisins, 7/8 cup of oranges, and 3/4 cup of apples. About how many cups of fruit a in the salad?

Answer 1

There are `2` cups of fruit in the fruit salad.

Explanation:

We consider the total number of cups of fruit as `x`. This represents the total of the given numbers of cups of raisins, oranges and apples. Hence;

`x=3/8+7/8+3/4`

Using the LCM of `8` for the denominator, we get:

`x=3/8+7/8+6/8`

`x=(3+7+6)/8`

`x=16/8`

`x=2`