SOLUTION: Jean-Paul bought 2 crates of apples. Each crate weighed 3-5/6 kilograms. He put 1-1/2 kilograms aside for eating and used the rest to bake apple pies. How many kilograms of apples

Question 1143987: Jean-Paul bought 2 crates of apples. Each crate weighed 3-5/6 kilograms. He put 1-1/2 kilograms aside for eating and used the rest to bake apple pies. How many kilograms of apples did he use for the pies? What percent of apples did he set aside for eating?
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Jean-Paul bought 2 crates of apples.
Each crate weighed 3-5/6 kilograms.
2 * 3 = 6 = 7 kg the weight of two crates
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He put 1-1/2 kilograms aside for eating and used the rest to bake apple pies.
How many kilograms of apples did he use for the pies?
7 - 1 = 6 kg for pies
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What percent of apples did he set aside for eating?
change 7 to decimal: 7.6667 kg
change 1 to decimal: 1.500 kg
* 100 = 19.57% kg for eating
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