in terms of mass

Pra4ash

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Hi all - I don't understand the question(underlined below), can someone explain much clearly?
It says:

Sally bought three honeydew melons at a supermarket. The mass of the three fruits are 2 1/4kg, 3 1/5kg, 2 1/10kg respectively. Calculate the fraction, in terms of mass, of the heaviest honeydew melon as opposed to the three fruit combined.


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Pra4ash
 
All you are being asked to do here is to divide the mass of the heaviest melon by the total mass of the three melons combined, expressing the result as a fraction (which I recommend be the ratio of one integer over another, in lowest terms).
 
All you are being asked to do here is to divide the mass of the heaviest melon by the total mass of the three melons combined, expressing the result as a fraction (which I recommend be the ratio of one integer over another, in lowest terms).

Thanks! I got the answer. very happy :)
 
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