Christina went to the salon and had 5/8 of an inch of hair cut off. The next day she went back and asked for another 5/8 of an i

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Christina went to the salon and had 5/8 of an inch of hair cut off. The next day she went back and asked for another 5/8 of an i

nch to be cut off. How much hair did she have cut off in all? Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Ugo [173] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-04T06:44:26+03:00

Ugo [173]4 years ago

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Here you'll want to add 5/8 with 5/8. Since they have the same denominator already then 5/8+5/8 = 10/8. Simplifying that down to 5/4 then changing to a mixed number is 1 1/4 inches.