Mindy bought 1¾ pounds of candy for herself and for each of three friends while she was at the candy store. How many pounds of candy did she buy?

Mindy bought 7 pounds of candy.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to solve this question we need to understand that based on the question itself there is 4 people (Mindy and the three friends) that each have pound of candy. Now if you image in that way you see that in order to understand how much pounds of candy Mindy bought you will have to multiply by 4 (because there is 4 people who got  pounds of candy each).

So now we can find the answer by doing the following.....