Sandy bought 12 7/8 pounds of peaches to make jam. She and her mother ate 0.75 of a pound of the peaches before making the jam. They used 9 3/8 pounds of the peaches to make the jam. How many pounds of peaches were left over?

A. 3 1/4
B. 3
C. 2 3/4
D. 2 1/4