Maryam made a fruit salad with 1 pound of melon and 8 2/5 pounds of berries. how many pounds of fruit did maryam use in all?

9 2/5 lb

Step-by-step explanation:

Both melon and berries are "fruits."

The total weight of the fruit used is thus 1 lb + 8 2/5 lb, or 9 2/5 lb.

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents