Question

A bag of apples weighs 4 3/7
pounds. A crate of bananas is 6 times as heavy as the apples. How much heavier are the bananas than the apples?

Answer 1

⇒ Given:

A bag of apples weigh 4 3/7 pounds.

A crate of bananas is 6 times as heavy as the apples.

⇒ To Find:

How much heavier are the bananas than the apples.

⇒ Solution:

First, we need to convert 4 3/7 to an improper fraction.

$\sf{4\dfrac{3}{7}=\dfrac{31}{7}}$

So the bag of apples weigh 31/7 pounds.

It is given that the bananas weigh 6 times as heavy as the apples.

So the weight of bananas:

$\sf{=\dfrac{31}{7}\times6}$

$\sf{=\dfrac{186}{7}}$

Now, we need to find how much heavier the crate of bananas is:

= Weight of bananas - Weight of apples

$\sf{=\dfrac{186}{7}-\dfrac{31}{7}}$

$\sf{=\dfrac{186-31}{7}}$

$\bf{=\dfrac{155}{7}}$

$\bf{=22\dfrac{1}{7}}$

The crate of bananas is heavier than the bag of apples by 155/7 (or) 22 1/7 pounds.