A jar contains 0.65 liter of lime juice and 0.40 liter of orange juice. Meg poured 0.35 liter of cranberry juice into the jar. She then drank 0.10 liter of the mixture.

Part A: Write an expression to represent the total amount of juice left in the jar. (5 points)

Part B: Identify which property is used in each step to simplify the expression. (5 points)

Question

A jar contains 0.65 liter of lime juice and 0.40 liter of orange juice. Meg poured 0.35 liter of cranberry juice into the jar. She then drank 0.10 liter of the mixture. 

Part A: Write an expression to represent the total amount of juice left in the jar. (5 points) 

Part B: Identify which property is used in each step to simplify the expression. (5 points)

anonymous · Answer

@TheCatMan

vocaloid · Answer

your expression will be

amount of lime juice + orange juice + cranberry juice - 0.10

plug in the numbers from the problem and simplify..

anonymous · Answer

0.65 + 0.40 + 0.35 - 0.10

anonymous · Answer

@Vocaloid

anonymous · Answer

@Vocaloid

vocaloid · Answer

good, now keep going

anonymous · Answer

0.65 + 0.40 + 0.35 - 0.10  = 1.3 @Vocaloid

vocaloid · Answer

good, now write down all the properties you used to solve the problem

anonymous · Answer

i dont know what properties i used :( can you tell me :) @Vocaloid

vocaloid · Answer

add the positive numbers together, then use the additive inverse property to add -.10...