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to make a fruit salad Marvin mixes 1 3/4 cups of diced peaches with 2 1/4 cups of diced pears how many cups of peaches and pears are in a fruit salad

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4 cups....

First, change the proper fractions to improper fractions. 

2 1/4 = 9/4 

1 3/4 = 7/4

Then, add the improper fractions. 

9             7                16
---     +   ----     =     ---------   =   4
4            4                  4

4 cups of peaches and pears