Question

Brandy bought 1/3 pound of ground turkey and 3/4 pound of ground beef to make sausages. How many pounds of meat did she buy? (Make sure to label your answer.)

Answer 1

a Given in the problem:

a.) Brandy bought 1/3 pound of ground turkey.

b.) He also bought a 3/4 pound of ground beef.

To be able to determine how many pounds of meat did Brandy bought, we add the weight of the ground turkey and ground beef.

In adding fractions, you must first transform the fractions into similar ones. They will be similar if the fractions have the same denominator, let find it using LCM.

We get,

`\text{ }(1)/(3)\text{ + }(3)/(4)`
`\text{The LCM of the denominators 3 and 4 is 12. }`
`\text{Thus, let's convert the fractions in a denominator of 12.}`
`(1)/(3)\text{ = }\frac{1\text{ x 4}}{12}\text{ = }(4)/(12)`
`(3)/(4)\text{ = }\frac{3\text{ x 3}}{12}\text{ = }(9)/(12)`

Let's now add the fractions,

`\text{ }(1)/(3)\text{ + }(3)/(4)\text{ = }(4)/(12)\text{ + }(9)/(12)\text{ = }\frac{4\text{ + 9}}{12}`
`\text{ = }(13)/(12)\text{ or 1 }(1)/(12)\text{ pounds}`

Therefore, Brandy bought a total of 13/12 or 1 1/12 pounds of meat.