Answer: he bought 1 and 1/2 pounds of meat. (also could be written as 1.5 pounds)
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that Tim bought all of the two 3/4 lb packages for a party.
Then he bought 2 packages. Such that each package has 3/4 lb meat.
Then the total amount of meat that Tim has is equal to 2 times the amount of meat in each package, this is:
Total meat = 2*(3/4 lb) = (6/4 lb)
and we can write 6 = 4 + 2
then:
Total meat = 6/4 lb = (4 + 2)/4 lb = (4/4 + 2/4) lb = (1 + 1/2) lb
So he bought 1 and 1/2 pounds of meat. (also could be written as 1.5 pounds)
