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Simone bought 3.42 lb of green apples and 2.19 pounds of red apples she's uses 3 lb to make a pie how many pounds of apples are left.

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Answer:

2.61 pounds of apples are left.

Explanation:

Amount of green apples is 3.42 pounds and amount of red apples is 2.19 pounds.

So, the total amount of the two types apples will be:
(3.42+2.19)pounds = 5.61 pounds.

Simone uses 3 pounds of apples to make a pie.

Thus, the amount of of apples left will be:
(5.61-3)pounds= 2.61 pounds.

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