Jeremy is carrying around 9 3/5 pounds of raisins to a factory. His coworker decides to help and and takes 1/2 of it. How much pounds does each person have now? Leave your answer in simplest form.
Samantha is such a phenomenal runner. She ran on Friday 9 1/5 laps. Joe wanted to show off so he ran 3 times as much laps. How many laps did Joe run? Leave answer in simplest form.