SOLUTION: Lara needs 10 pounds of haddock for her dinner party. At the grocery store, Haddock potions weighing 4 3/8 + 2 1/10 are place on the scale.
How many pounds of Haddock are on the
Question 583853: Lara needs 10 pounds of haddock for her dinner party. At the grocery store, Haddock potions weighing 4 3/8 + 2 1/10 are place on the scale.
How many pounds of Haddock are on the scale?
How many more pounds does Lara needs?
There are_____ pounds Haddock on the Scale? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Lara needs 10 pounds of haddock for her dinner party. At the grocery store, Haddock potions weighing 4 3/8 + 2 1/10 are place on the scale.
How many pounds of Haddock are on the scale?
How many more pounds does Lara needs?
There are_____ pounds Haddock on the Scale?
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4 3/8 + 2 1/10
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= (8*4+3)/8 + (10*2+1)/10
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= 35/8 + 21/10
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= (10*35 + 8*21)/(80)
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= (350 + 168)/80
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= 518/80
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= 6.475 lbs of Haddock are on the Scale
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She needs 10-6.475 = 3.5250 lbs. to meet her goal of 10 lbs.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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