A jar contains 0.85 liter of strawberry juice and 0.50 liter of mango juice. Celina poured 0.15 liter of watermelon juice into the jar. She then drank 0.30 liter of the mixture.

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

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

Question

A jar contains 0.85 liter of strawberry juice and 0.50 liter of mango juice. Celina poured 0.15 liter of watermelon juice into the jar. She then drank 0.30 liter of the mixture.

Part A: Write an expression to represent the total amount of juice left in the jar. 

Part B: Identify which property is used in each step to simplify the expression.

anonymous · Answer

@misty1212 do you mind helping me?

misty1212 · Answer

started with $.85+.50$ then added $.15$ for a total of $.85+.50+.15$ then took away $.30$ so ended up with $$0.85+0.50+0.15-0.30$$

misty1212 · Answer

i don't get part B
compute by adding and then subtracting

anonymous · Answer

They mean what property like communative or ...... and i got 1.2 @misty1212