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Valentina bought 2 2/3 pounds of green grapes and 1 1/3 pounds of red grapes. How much more did the green grapes weigh than the red grapes.write your answer as a fraction or a whole or mixed number.

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\begin{gathered} \text{Let the required value be x.} \\ \text{Then} \\ x=2(2)/(3)-1(1)/(3)=1(2-1)/(3)=1(1)/(3) \end{gathered}

Hence the green grapes weigh more than the red grapes by 1 1/3 pounds

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