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Jennifer had 3 \frac{3}{4}

4
3

lbs of tomatoes. She used \frac{1}{3}
3
1

OF that amount to make a salad. How many pounds OF tomatoes did she use? (LEAVE ANSWER AS A MIXED NUMBER)

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Answer:

She used 1/4 of a pounds for salad

Explanation:

Here, we want to calculate the amount of pounds of tomatoes used to make salad

From the question, she has 3/4 pounds and used 1/3 of what she has to make salad

What she used will be;

3/4 * 1/3 = 1/4

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