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A chef bought 3/2 pounds of white rice and 71/10 of brown rice how much rice did the chef buy in all

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To find how much rice the chef bought in all, find the sum of the given fractions, 3/2 and 71/10:


(3)/(2)+(71)/(10)=(3\cdot10+2\cdot71)/(2\cdot10)=(172)/(20)=(86)/(10)

The answer is 86/10, that converted to decimal is 8.6 pounds

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