James bought 5/12 of a pound of dried cherries and 1/3 of a pound of dried cranberries. how much dried fruit did he buy? [write your answer in simplest form.]

your answer is 23/2 - 13.5

step-by-step explanation:

7/2 evaluates to

multiply x and 4.5

multiply x and 1

the x just gets copied along.

the answer is x

x

4.5*x evaluates to 4.5x

multiply 3 and 4.5x

multiply 1 and x

the x just gets copied along.

x

4.5*x*3 evaluates to 13.5x

7/2-4.5*x*3 evaluates to

  + 8 =

the answer is

7/2-4.5*x*3+8 evaluates to

v = 1/3 a^2h

step-by-step explanation:

the volume is 1/3 a^2h.