Answer: 137.5 pounds
Step-by-step explanation:
Elijah has 2¹/₂ bags of candy. A single bag of candy weighs 55 pounds so to find the quantity of pounds that Elijah has, multiply 55 by the number of bags that Elijah has:
First convert bags to mixed fraction:
= 2¹/₂ = 5/2
Quantity that Elijah has:
= Number of bags * Weight per bag
= 5/2 * 55
= 137.5 pounds
