Question

Jose’s catering company plans to prepare two different shrimp dishes for an upcoming event. One dish requires 2 1/4lb of shrimp and the other requires 7/8lb of shrimp. How much shrimp should Jose order for the two dishes? Express your answer as a simplified fraction or mixed number

Answer 1

One dish requires 2 1/4 lb of shrimp

Second dish requires 7/8 lb of shrimp.

Total of shrimp:

`\begin{gathered} 2(1)/(4)\text{ + }(7)/(8)\text{ =} \\ \\ (9)/(4)\text{ + }(7)/(8)=\text{ } \\ \\ (18)/(8)\text{ + }(7)/(8)\text{ = } \\ \\ (25)/(8)\text{ = 3}(1)/(8)\text{ Lb} \end{gathered}`