Alison bought jelly beans to share with her friends she bought 1 1/4 pounds of blueberry jelly beans and 2 1/3 pounds of Lemon Jelly Beans if she gave 1 and 2/3 pounds of jelly beans away to a friend how many pounds of jelly beans does she have left

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The amount of jellybeans Alison have left is required.

The amount of jellybeans remaining is [tex]1\dfrac{11}{12}\ \text{pounds}[/tex].

The amount of jellybeans Alison bought is

[tex]1\dfrac{1}{4}+2\dfrac{1}{3}\\ =1+2+\dfrac{1}{4}+\dfrac{1}{3}\\ =\dfrac{43}{12}\ \text{pounds}[/tex]

Amount of jellybean given away is

[tex]1\dfrac{2}{3}\ \text{pounds}[/tex]

Amount of jellybean remaining will be the difference

[tex]\dfrac{43}{12}-1\dfrac{2}{3}\\ =\dfrac{43}{12}-\dfrac{5}{3}\\ =\dfrac{23}{12}=1\dfrac{11}{12}[/tex]

The amount of jellybeans remaining is [tex]1\dfrac{11}{12}\ \text{pounds}[/tex].

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