For her famous seafood gumbo, Polly uses jumbo shrimp and blue crab. Her recipe calls for 3/5 of a pound of shrimp and 7 pounds of crab. How many total pounds of seafood does Polly use in all?
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To find the total weight of seafood used, we need to add the weight of the shrimp and the weight of the crab.
The weight of the shrimp is 3/5 of a pound.
The weight of the crab is 7 pounds.
Adding these together:
3/5 + 7 = 7 3/5
So, Polly uses 7 3/5 pounds of seafood in total.