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Ms. Carnell likes to get 63 hours of a sleep a week. On Monday, she lost 2 1/2 hours of sleep, on Wednesday she lost 9/7 hours of sleep, and in Thursday she fell behind another 2 3/4 hours of sleep. How many total hours of sleep did Ms. Carnell lose this week? Write your final answer as a mixed number.

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2 1/2 + 9/7 + 2 3/4
9/2 + 9/7 + 11/4 GCF is 28

9/2 * 14/14 = 126/28
9/7 * 4/4 = 36/28
11/4 * 7/7 = 77/28

126 + 36 + 77 = 239/28 = 8.54

8 15/28 = 8.54
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