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At the apple farm, Laura picks 3 bushels of apples. The bushels weigh 6 1/2 pounds,
8 1/4 pounds, and 6 5/8 pounds. What is the average weight pet bushel?

Please explain step by step and give the answer directly! Thanks!

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the average weight for a bushel of apples is 7 1/8 pounds

in order to find the average you add up all the totals and then divide that by three. so 6 1/2+8 1/4+6 5/8=21 3/8. you then take that and divide it by three giving you 7 1/8
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