Question

Jared buys food for a party. He buys 5/8 pound of roast beef and 6/7 pound of ham, 3/4 pound of chicken salad 2 2/5 pounds of corned beef 3 2/3 pound of turkey 13/4 pounds of havarti cheese and 1 1/3 pounds of cheddar cheese. How much was the roast beef and ham altogether?

Answer 1

83/56 pounds altogether

Explanation:

Based on Jared's purchase, he did 5/8 pounds of roast beef and 6/7 pounds of ham. We add these values and we would have:

`(5)/(8)+(6)/(7)=(5\cdot7+8\cdot6)/(8\cdot7)=(35+48)/(56)=(83)/(56)`