Mrs. Barrett will be serving 40 people at Lydee’s birthday party. She plans to make three meatballs for each person. Mrs. Barrett spent $39.00 at the store on the meat, which sells for $3.25 per pound. If Mrs. Barrett wants to make all the meatballs the same size, what will be the size, in pounds, of each meatball?

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