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a wooden crate weighing 2 5/16 pounds contains grapefruit weighing 24 1/2 pounds. what is the combined weight of the crate and the grapefruit?
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Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a wooden crate weighing 2 5/16 pounds contains grapefruit weighing 24 1/2 pounds. what is the combined weight of the crate and the grapefruit?
In order to add fractions they must be converted to a common denominator, now we have 2 5/16 and 24 1/2,
first convert each fraction to its equivalent numerator and denominator,
37/16 and 49/2
we now convert the 49/2 into 16's = 392/16 (there are 8 16's in a half), now
add 37/16 + 392/16 = 429/16 = 26 13/16 lbs in combined weight
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