Deangelo needs 100 lb of garden soil to landscape a building. in the company’s storage area, he finds 2 cases holding 24 3/4 lb of garden soil each, and a third case holding 19 3/8 lb. how much gardening soil does deangelo still need in order to do the job?

pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that DeAngelo needs 100 lb of garden soil to landscape a building.        

First of all, we will find total amount of garden soil available in storage area.

Convert mixed fraction into improper fraction:

Make a common denominator:

Combine numerators:

Now, we will subtract this amount from 100.

Therefore, DeAngelo still needs pounds of gardening soil in order to do the job.