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Jaila went to the butcher and bought 2.42 pounds of ground beef, ¾ pound of bacon, and 3 pork chops that each weigh .36 of a pound. How many total pounds of meat did she buy?

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Answer: 4.25 pound of meat

Explanation:

This is a addition questions, all you have to do is to add the numbers together. But you have to convert all the fractions and decimal to the same thing first. In this case, I'll convert all the fraction to decimal.

2.42 + 0.75 + 0.36 ✕ 3 = 4.25 pound

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