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Sjon mixed 3 3/8 cups of red grapes with 4 1/2 cups of green grapes. He then divided the grapes into bags with 1/2 cup of mixed grapes in each. How many bags of grapes will Sjon have?

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Answer:3 3/8 + 4 1/2 =

get a common denominator

3 3/8 + 4 4/8 = 7 7/8

7 7/8 divided by 1/2

change the mixed number to an improper fraction

(8*7+7)/8 = 63/8

63/8 divided by 1/2

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63/8 * 2/1

63/4 =

15 3/4 bags of grapes

Step-by-step explanation: Hope this helps

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