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.

Part B: Simplify the expression and identify which property is used in each step.

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.

Part B: Simplify the expression and identify which property is used in each step.

SmokeyBrown · Answer

The jar contains 0.25 + 0.3 liters of apple and grape juice, then Melissa adds 0.75 liters of pineapple juice. Then, Melissa drinks 0.2 liters of juice from the mixture.
The total amount of juice after Melissa drinks would be 0.25 + 0.30 + 0.75 - 0.20