Horace buys 2/4 pounds of blueberries for a pie he needs 48 ounces for the pie how many more pounds of blueberries does he need to buy

Horace need to buys 2.5 pounds of blueberries

Horace buys 2/4 pounds of blueberries48 ounce of blueberries needed for a pieTo determine how many pounds of blueberries that Horace need to buy, we have to convert ounces because this mathematical question is related to unit conversion.Further Explanation

1 pounds = 16 ounces, therefore,

3 pounds = 48 ounces (we multiply 16 and 3 = 48)

To find how many pounds he need to by = 3 ounces –

= 3 –

= – (4 is the smallest number can divide both denominator) therefore, we have

= (4 x 3) – (1 x 2) / 4

=  12 - 2 / 4

=

= 2.5

Thus, Horace buys 2.5 pounds of blueberries.

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