Question

Allison bought jelly beans to share with her friends. She bought pounds of blueberry jelly beans and pounds of lemon jelly beans. If she gave pounds of jelly beans away to her friends, how many pounds of jelly beans does Allison have left?

Answer 1

Answer: $1\dfrac{11}{12}\text{ pounds}$

Step-by-step explanation:

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Given, Amount blueberry jelly beans= $1\dfrac{1}{4}$ pounds

$=\dfrac{5}{4}$ pounds.

Amount lemon jelly beans = $2\dfrac{1}{3}$pounds

$=\dfrac{7}{2}$ pounds

Total jelly beans she bought = Amount blueberry jelly beans + Amount lemon jelly beans

$=(\dfrac{5}{4}+\dfrac{7}{3})$ pounds

$=\frac{15+28}{12}\text{ pounds}\\\\=\dfrac{43}{12}\text{ pounds}$

Amount of jelly beans she gave away = $1\dfrac{2}{3}=\dfrac{5}{3}\text{ pounds}$

Amount of jelly beans she has left= Total jelly beans - Amount of jelly beans she gave away

=$\dfrac{43}{12}-\dfrac{5}{3}\\\\=\dfrac{43-20}{12}\\\\=\dfrac{23}{12}\\\\=1\dfrac{11}{12}\text{ pounds}$

She has left $1\dfrac{11}{12}\text{ pounds}$ of jelly beans.