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Suppose a package of pasta and a jar of sauce
exactly balance a loaf of bread and a container of
jelly on a scale. If the pasta weighs 1.5 pounds, the
sauce weighs 1.2 pounds, and the bread weighs
2.4 pounds, how much must the jelly weigh?

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the jelly weighs .3 pounds. the pasta and sauce put together is 2.7 pounds. the bread already weighs 2.4 pounds so 2.7-2.4=.3
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