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Veronica is buying cubed cheese from Mr. Sands deli she asked for 1 3/4 pounds when Mr. Sand places some cheese in a container and weighs it the scale shows 1 1/4 pounds the container weighs 1/16 pound how many more pounds of cheese would Mr. Sand need to add to the scale to get the amount that veronica asked for? Explain how you solved the problem

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Amount of cubed cheese that Veronica wants to buy = 1 3/4 pounds
                                                                                     = 7/8 pounds
Weight of the container in which Mr. Sand places the cube = 1/16 pounds
Weight of the cubed cheese and container together = 1 1/4 pounds
                                                                                    = 5/4 pounds
Then
Amount of cubed cheese placed by Mr. Sands = (5/4 - 1/16) pounds
                                                                            = (20 - 1)/16 pounds
                                                                            = 19/16 pounds
So
The quantity of more cheese that
Mr.Sands need to add to the scale = (7/4 - 19/16) pounds
                                                         = (28 - 19)/16 pounds
                                                         = 9/16 pounds.
From the above deduction we can easily conclude that Mr. Sand needs to add 9/16 pounds of cubed cheese to fullfil the order placed by Veronica.

Answer: 9/16

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we must find the answer to the hidden question: How much cheese did Mr. Sand put in the container without the weight of the container? We can rename 1 1/4 to 1 4/16, so 1 4/16 - 1/16 = 1 3/16

Now we must find the amount of cheese that needs to be added. We can rename 1 3/4 to 1 12/16 by multiplying it by 4/4. 1 12/16 - 1 3/16 = 9/16

9/16 pound of cheese should be added to get the amount Veronica asked for.