amanda purchased 3 1/2 pounds of strawberries and 1 7/8 of blueberries. how many pounds of fruit did she buy in all?

43/8 or 5 3/8

Step-by-step explanation:

to add fractions, first change to improper fraction format

3 1/2 = 7/2

1 7/8 = 15/8

Then find the common denominator. Let's use 8

7/2 * 4/4 = 28/8

28/8 + 15/8 = 43/8 or 5 3/8

5 3/8

Step-by-step explanation:

first you turn the 1/2 into 4/8 then you add all the things together