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Julio bought 3/5 pound of potato salad for dinner.Wilma bought 5/4 the amount of potato salad that Julio did.How much potato salad did Wilma buy?plz help

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Julio bought 3/5 lb of potato salad or 0.6 lb of potato salad. Wilma bought 5/4 of the amount Julio did or 1.25 of what he did. So Wilma bought 1 equal amount Julio did - so 0.6 plus 0.25 of 0.6 which is 0.15. So Wilma bought 0.6 + 0.15 or 0.75 of a pound of potato salad.
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5/4 x 3/5=3/4 lb. of potato salad for Wilma
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