Question

Ricardo picked 3 1/2 pints of strawberries and used 4/5 of them to make jam. How many pints of strawberries did he use for the jam? Write the answer as a mixed number in simplest form... CORRECTLY, YOU BOTS PLEASE

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the amount of strawberries Ricardo used for jam, we need to multiply the total amount of strawberries Ricardo picked by the fraction representing the portion used for jam.

3 1/2 pints = (2 * 3 + 1) / 2 = 7/2 pints

So, he used (7/2) * 4/5 = 28/10 = 2 8/10 = 2 4/5 pints of strawberries for the jam.

The correct answer is 2 4/5 pints.