SOLUTION: Hi there! I will be so thankful for help on this problem I am confused by. Thank you sincerely. Kevon picked 3/4 of a pound of strawberries. That afternoon, his sister ate 2/

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Question 1186580: Hi there! I will be so thankful for help on this problem I am confused by. Thank you sincerely.
Kevon picked 3/4 of a pound of strawberries. That afternoon, his sister ate 2/3 of the strawberry's Kevon picked. How many pounds of strawberries did Kebon's sister eat? Use a visual model (such as a number line, area diagram or pattern blocks) to find the answer to the problem. State the answer and explain how you determined the answer from your model.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A representative picture can easily be drawn as your visual model. Notice that if you make a rectangle, cut it in one direction into 4 equal parts, and cut in the other direction into 3 equal parts, then there will be 12 equal parts making this rectangle. You can figure out the rest.


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Your proposed answer? Try making the drawing and find out!
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Some simple arithmetic:
Sister ate 2%2F3 of the 3%2F4 pounds of strawberries.
%282%2F3%29%283%2F4%29
6%2F12
1%2F2-----------your picture should show this too.