SOLUTION: Candy comes in 3 and 1/2 pound bags. At a class party, the boys in the class ate 2 and 1/4 bags of candy and the girls in the class ate 1 and 1/3 bags. How many pounds of candy did

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Question 1208322: Candy comes in 3 and 1/2 pound bags. At a class party, the boys in the class ate 2 and 1/4 bags of candy and the girls in the class ate 1 and 1/3 bags. How many pounds of candy did the class eat?
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Candy comes in 3 and 1/2 pound bags. At a class party, the boys in the class ate 2 and 1/4 bags of candy
and the girls in the class ate 1 and 1/3 bags. How many pounds of candy did the class eat?
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      21%2F4 * 31%2F2 + 11%2F3 * 31%2F2 = %289%2F4%29%2A%287%2F2%29 + %284%2F3%29%2A%287%2F2%29 = 63%2F8 + 28%2F6 = %2863%2A3%29%2F24 + %2828%2A4%29%2F24 =

    = %2863%2A3%2B28%2A4%29%2F24 = 301%2F24 = 12.542 pounds  (rounded).    ANSWER

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