Miss smith needed 2 1/5 pounds of corn mesa in order to make tamales. when she went to the grocery store she found a package of 1 3/8 pounds. what fraction of a pound does she still need?

For this case we must do a subtraction, for this we convert the mixed numbers given in fractions:

We subtract to know what fraction of mass of corn needs Miss Smith.

Thus, it lacks of pounds of corn dough.

answer: i'm not going to give you the answer, but some hints to work it out.

step-by-step explanation: so, if there is a straight line that means that the line angle is 180°. so we subtract the 2 angle measures provided, (15 and 38) from 180. so the answer is 180 - (38 + 15). (you have to solve the equation)