La You spend some time in the kitchen making sure the recipe is just right for
the cooking show. You spend 2 3/4 hours baking and half of an hour
cleaning up the kitchen. How much time were you in the kitchen?

3¼ hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of hours used in baking = 2¾ hours

Number of hours used in cleaning up the kitchen = ½ hour

Therefore, the time used in the kitchen will be the addition of the time used in baking plus the time used in cleaning the kitchen which will be:

= 2¾ + ½

= 2 3/4 + 2/4

= 2 5/4

= 2 + 1¼

= 3¼ hours

Therefore, 3¼ hours was used in the kitchen.

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