Cindy and giovanni plan to make spaghetti sauce. cindy needs 4 3/4 pounds of tomatoes for her recipe. giovanni needs 5 3/4 pounds of tomatoes for his sauce. if they make both recipes, how many pounds of tomatoes do they need?

(4 3/4) + (5 3/4) = (4 + 5) + (3/4 + 3/4)

= 9 + 2×(3/4)

= 9 + 3/2

= 10 1/2 . . . . pounds of tomatoes

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step-by-step explanation:

in standard form:

a= dictionaries

b= maps

you have to buy 3 dictionaries, so put a 3 next to the a (dictionaries) so that you can multiply them by each other.

a3+b= 60 (the amount of money you have)

we already know the cost of a=15 so replace a with $15

($15 x 3)+b=60

multiply 15 and 3 to get $45 and replace it with $45

45+b=60

and then replace b with 15 to get the total:

45+15=60

that means you have $15 left after buying 3 dictionaries.

15 divided by the cost of a map ($5) equals 3.

so you can buy 3 maps.

sorry if it was confusing!

fwms@lil_ben06

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