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Eddy's plum weighs 3.042 ounces. Desta's plum weighs 3.24 ounces. Whose plum weighs more? How can you tell?

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Answer:desta's plum

Explanation:

Desta's plum weighs 0.198 ounces more than Eddy’s plum.

Given that, Eddy’s plum weighs 3.042 ounces Desta's plum weighs 3.24 ounces.

We need to find whose plum weighs more.

How to subtract decimal numbers?

Subtracting decimals is similar to the usual subtraction of whole numbers. We just need to place the decimal numbers, one below the other, according to their place values along with the decimal point. In some cases the two given numbers are different. If needed, we change the given decimal fractions to like decimal fractions to make the subtraction easier. Two decimals are called decimal fractions if they have an equal number of decimal places.

Now, the weight of Desta's plum-the weight of Eddy’s plum=3.24-3.042

=0.198 ounce

Hence, Desta's plum weighs 0.198 ounces more than Eddy’s plum.

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Desta’s plum weighs more because .24>.042
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