Sheldon harvests the strawberries and tomatoes in his garden.
a. he picks 1 2/5 kg less strawberries in the morning than in the afternoon. if sheldon picks 2 1/4 kg in the morning, how many kilograms of strawberries does he pick in the afternoon? explain your answer using words, pictures, or equations.
b. sheldon also picks tomatoes from his garden. he picked 5 3/10 kg, but 1.5 kg were rotten and had to be thrown away. how many kilograms of tomatoes were not rotten? write an equation that shows how you reached your answer.
c. after throwing away the rotten tomatoes, did sheldon get more kilograms of strawberries or tomatoes? how many more kilograms? explain your answer using an equation.