Jared buys food for a party. He buys 5/8 pound of roast beef and 6/7 pound of ham, 3/4 pound of chicken salad 2 2/5 pounds of corned beef 3 2/3 pound of turkey 13/4 pounds of havarti cheese and 1 1/3 pounds of cheddar cheese. How much was the roast beef and ham altogether?

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ANSWER:

83/56 pounds altogether

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

Based on Jared's purchase, he did 5/8 pounds of roast beef and 6/7 pounds of ham. We add these values and we would have:

[tex]\frac{5}{8}+\frac{6}{7}=\frac{5\cdot7+8\cdot6}{8\cdot7}=\frac{35+48}{56}=\frac{83}{56}[/tex]