For her famous seafood gumbo, Myra uses jumbo shrimp and blue crab. Her recipe calls for 4 11/12 pounds of shrimp and 9 5/12 pounds of crab. How many total pounds of seafood does Myra use in all?
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To find the total pounds of seafood Myra uses, we need to add the pounds of shrimp and crab together.
The pounds of shrimp is 4 11/12 pounds.
The pounds of crab is 9 5/12 pounds.
To add these fractions, we need to find a common denominator.
The denominators are 12 and 12, so the common denominator is 12.
Next, we can convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions.
4 11/12 as an improper fraction is (4 * 12 + 11)/12 = 48/12 + 11/12 = 59/12.
9 5/12 as an improper fraction is (9 * 12 + 5)/12 = 108/12 + 5/12 = 113/12.
Now we can add the fractions.
59/12 + 113/12 = (59 + 113)/12 = 172/12.
Therefore, Myra uses a total of 172/12 pounds of seafood, which can be simplified to 14 4/12 pounds, or 14 1/3 pounds.