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Strategy for Simplifying Combined Fractions and Decimals

A laboratory technician is recording the total volume of two liquid samples. The first sample is 78\frac{7}{8} of a liter and the second is 6.4 liters. To calculate the total volume, the technician simplifies the expression 78+6.4\frac{7}{8} + 6.4. Based on the standard strategy provided in the course material, explain why the technician would typically convert the fraction to a decimal rather than converting the decimal to a fraction.

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