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Annette and Rose went to an orchard to pick pears. Annette picked 8
1
pounds of pears and Rose picked 6
1
pounds. How much more did Annette pick than Rose? Write your answer as a reduced mixed number.
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Complete Question:

Annette and Rose went to an orchard to pick pears. Annette picked
`8(1)/(6)`

pounds of pears and Rose picked
`6(1)/(8)` pounds. How much more did Annette pick than Rose? Write your answer as a reduced mixed number.

Answer:

Annette picked
`2(1)/(24)` pounds of pears more than Rose

Explanation:

Pounds of pears picked by Annette =
`8(1)/(6)`

Pounds of pears picked by Rose =
`6(1)/(8)`

To get the difference in the pounds of pears picked by Annette and Rose, we will do a simple subtraction:

Difference in the pounds of pears picked =
`8(1)/(6) - 6(1)/(8)`

`= 2((1)/(6) - (1)/(8))\\= 2(4 - 3)/(24) \\= 2(1)/(24)`