The total weight of apples and pears he sold is 8.9 kilograms.
We are told that 2/5 of this weight is from apples. To calculate how much is a fraction out of the weight, we need to multiply the total weight by the fraction we need.
First, find the fractions that the pears represent:
Since 2/5 are from the apples --> 3/5 of the weight are pears.
So we multiply 8.9 by 3/5:
[tex]8.9\times\frac{3}{5}[/tex]To solve this expression, we multiply 8.9 by 3 and then divide by 5:
[tex]\begin{gathered} =\frac{8.9\times3}{5} \\ =\frac{26.7}{5} \\ =5.34 \end{gathered}[/tex]5.34 kilograms of the total weight are the pears.
Answer:
The pears represent 3/5 of the weight which is 5.34 kilograms
