Answer: A. 2 5/8
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's make an unknown variable 'x' to be pounds of kettle corn.
Since one ticket get her 7/8 pounds of kettle corn, mathematically;
1 = 7/8x...(1)
To calculate the number of pounds of kettle corn that 3 tickets will get her, let's say
3 = x..(2)
If 1 ticket gets her 7/8x
3 tickets will get her 3×7/8x
That will be 21/8x
= 2 5/8x
This shows that 3 tickets will get her 2 5/8 of pounds of kettle corn. (A)
