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An unopened bag of candy weighed 5 1/2 lb. After opening the bag and eating some of the candy, the bag weighed 2 1/4 lb. How many pounds of candy were eaten?

An unopened bag of candy weighed 5 1/2 lb. After opening the bag and eating some of the candy, the bag weighed 2 1/4 lb. How many pounds of candy were eaten?
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An unopened bag of candy weighed 5 1/2 lb. After opening the bag and eating some of the candy, the bag weighed 2 1/4 lb. How many pounds of candy were eaten?

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1 1/4  lbs of the candy was eaten. 5 1/2 becomes the improper fraction 11/2 and 2 1/4 becomes the improper fraction 9/4. After subtraction, you get 13/4, or 1 1/4.
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There would have been 3.25 or 3 1/4 pounds of candy eaten.
you would do 5 1/2 - 2 1/4 and get 3 1/4 .
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