A jar contains 0.25 liter of apple juice and 0.30 liter of grape juice. Melissa poured 0.75 liter of pineapple juice into the jar. She then drank 0.20 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 0.25 liter of apple juice and 0.30 liter of grape juice. Melissa poured 0.75 liter of pineapple juice into the jar. She then drank 0.20 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)

Gdeinward · Answer

I can assist in the creation of the expression, but with properties I am a little rusty.

cocopiff · Answer

okay

Gdeinward · Answer

Do you know where to start?

cocopiff · Answer

no

Gdeinward · Answer

Okay on a scale of 1 to 10 how comfortable are you with algebra?

Gdeinward · Answer

Alright, I imagine you probably expect the answer, straight away, but question cove rules state that we are not allowed to answer questions directly.

Gdeinward · Answer

So we need to have a variable that represents the amount of juice left in the jar, such as x:
So we have X =

Gdeinward · Answer

Now in the problem, it states that amounts are added, then subtracted

Gdeinward · Answer

I will give you a sort of fill in the blanks expression:
X = (_ + _ +_) - _

Gdeinward · Answer

Can you fill it?