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Tristan has 1/3 lb of grapes at home he went to the store and bought 3/8 lb of grapes what fraction of a pound of grapes does Tristan have now explained​

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Rewrite the fractions to have a common denominator:

1/3 = 8/24

3/8 = 9/24

Now add:

8/24 + 9/24 = 17/24 of a pound

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