SOLUTION: a package of ground beef weighs 1/2lb. A second package weighs 3/4lb. Together will there be enough to make 6 quater pound hamburgers? Explain how you know.

Question 60334: a package of ground beef weighs 1/2lb. A second package weighs 3/4lb. Together will there be enough to make 6 quater pound hamburgers? Explain how you know.
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a package of ground beef weighs 1/2lb. A second package weighs 3/4lb. Together will there be enough to make 6 quater pound hamburgers? Explain how you know.
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No, because we need lb=lb
That means that we're 1/4 lb of hamburger short.
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