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Let
According to the diagram, how many of each fruit did Jen place in her basket?
There are
, , and . Use the diagram to write a variable expression that represents the weight of the fruit she selected.
If there were
, , and the expression would look like this: If each banana weighs
ounces, each peach weighs ounces, and each melon weighs ounces, use the expression you created in part (b) to find the total weight of Jen's fruit. If your expression was the one in the example in part (b), you would find the total weight of Jen's fruit with this calculation:
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