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.

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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.
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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.
1%2F2%2B3%2F4lb
2%2F4%2B3%2F4lb
%282%2B3%29%2F4lb
5%2F4lb
No, because we need 6%281%2F4%29lb=6%2F4lb
That means that we're 1/4 lb of hamburger short.
Happy Calculating!!!