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

@Michele_Laino are available to help me?

anonymous · Answer

So for part A lets say that "s" is Strawberry Juice and "m" is mango juice. @KAKES1967

anonymous · Answer

Then we can use "w" as watermelon juice.

anonymous · Answer

Alright

anonymous · Answer

Now do you have any idea what the expression should be or do you still need me to explain more?

michele_laino · Answer

that's right!

anonymous · Answer

Okay so that that is a great expression for part A. Now moving on to part B...

anonymous · Answer

Do you know the basic math properties that you can choose from?

michele_laino · Answer

hint:
step by step, your comnputation is:
((0.85+0.5)+0.15)-0.3

michele_laino · Answer

computation*

anonymous · Answer

Haha yeah you got this @Michele_Laino ;)

michele_laino · Answer

thanks! :) @Tom_Boy_Rebel

anonymous · Answer

@Michele_Laino what about b?

michele_laino · Answer

please look at my hint above

michele_laino · Answer

that's right!

anonymous · Answer

(: Thank you @Michele_Laino and @Tom_Boy_Rebel

michele_laino · Answer

:)