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Professor Gomez weighed two pieces of metal for an experiment. The piece of iron weighed
5/12 of a pound and the piece of aluminum weighed 1/6 of a pound. How much more did the
piece of iron weigh than the piece of aluminum?
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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Answer 1

In the question, we are given the following parameters.

Weight of iron = 5/12 of a pound

Weight of aluminium = 1/6 of a pound.

Step-by-step explanation

We can find how much more did the piece of iron weigh than the piece of aluminum by subtracting the fractions that represents their weight. Thereofore we have