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

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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 * 35%2F6 = 610%2F6 = 74%2F6 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?
74%2F6 - 13%2F6 = 61%2F6 kg for pies
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What percent of apples did he set aside for eating?
change 74%2F6 to decimal: 7.6667 kg
change 11%2F2 to decimal: 1.500 kg
1.5%2F7.6667 * 100 = 19.57% kg for eating