There are 3 different cheeses at the deli. yasuko buys 3/4 of a pound of each. there are also 4 different meats. she buys 1/2 of a pound of each. how much total food did yasuko …

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F Andrei · Answer 1 · 2017-03-07T12:51:40+0000

For this case what we should do is find the total weight of the food.

We have then:

There are 3 different cheeses. Yasuko buys 3/4 of a pound of each:

$(3) (\frac {3} {4}) = \frac {9} {4} = 2 \frac {1} {4}$

There are also 4 different meats. She buys 1/2 of a pound of each:

$(4) (\frac {1} {2}) = 2$

Then, the total sum is given by:

$2 \frac {1} {4} + 2 = 4 \frac {1} {4}$

Answer:

The total food that yasuko did buy at the deli was:

$4 \frac {1} {4} pounds$