Question

On Thursday, Movietown Theater made \dfrac45

5

4

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start fraction, 4, divided by, 5, end fraction of their popcorn with butter. The remaining 35.235.235, point, 2 ounces was made without butter.

How many pounds of popcorn did Movietown Theater make on Thursday?

Answer 1

Answer:

11 Pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total pounds of popcorn made by Movietown Theater=x

On Thursday, they made $\dfrac{4}{5}$ of their popcorn with butter.

The remaining fraction of the butter will be: $1-\dfrac{4}{5} =\dfrac{1}{5}$

The remaining 35.2 Ounces was made without butter.

Let us convert from ounces to pounds.

• 1 Ounce =0.0625 Pound
• 35.2 Ounce=35.2 X 0.0625 =2.2 Pounds

Therefore:

$\dfrac{1}{5} \text{of the total pounds of popcorn} = 2.2\\\dfrac{1}{5}* x = 2.2\\x=2.2* 5\\x=11 Pounds$

Therefore, the total pounds of popcorn made by Movietown Theater on Thursday is 11 Pounds.