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Regine bought fruit for her family. She bought 3 ½ pounds of oranges and 4 ¾ pounds of peaches. If she used all but 1 ⅜ pounds of fruit to make a fruit salad, how much fruit was in the salad? Pls help its litterally 5th Grade math just helping my lil sis!

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Answer:

6 7/8

Explanation:

total fruit=8 1/4 lbs. subtract 2 3/8. 8 1/4 or 7 10/8 - 1 3/8 = 6 7/8

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