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For a fruit salad recipe, Jenna combined 3/8 cup of raisins, 7/8 cup of oranges, and 3/4 cup of apples. about how many cups of fruit are in the salad? step by step please!

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Answer:

16/8 or 2

Explanation:

find a common denominator which will be 8

we don't need to change anything about 3/8 and 7/8 because their denominators are already 8

change the denominator for 3/4

to get to 8, we need to multiply 4 by 2

and if we do something on the bottom, we gotta do the same thing to the top so multiply 3 by 2 which is 6 = 6/8

now we gotta add them together

3/8 + 7/8 + 6/8 = 16/8

now change it to mixed number or whole which is 2

User Amir F
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Answer:

2 cups

Explanation:

First:

3/8 and 7/8 have the same denominator so you can just add the numerator and the denominator stays the same, it will look like

3/8 + 7/8 =

3+7= 11

10/8

simplify by dividing by 2

5/4

Second:

5/4 has the same denominator as 3/4 so you can go through the same adding process to get

8/4

divide by 2 to simplify

4/2

divide by 2 again

2/1

and 1 goes into 2 twice

so about 2 cups of fruit were added

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