Question

emmas suitcase was extremely heavy so she decided to take some things out and weigh them. she started with a gift that weighed 30 pounds. Then, she took out all of her shower essentials and personal items that weighed 7 1/4 pounds. If her suitcase now weighs 21 2/3 pounds, how much did it weigh when she started?

Answer 1

58 11/12

Explanation:

Add up each item within the suitcase + the suitcase after taking out the items to find the weight of the suitcase at the beginning.

30 + 7 1/4 + 21 2/3

Convert the fractions to have a common denominator

30 + 7 3/12 + 21 8/12

Add these up to get 58 11/12.