Question

Latasha went to the fabric store and bought 3 1/4 yards of red fabric and 3 1/2 yards of blue fabric. how many yards of fabric did latasha buy altogether? a student solved the problem this way:3 1/4 3 1/2 3 1/4 3 2/4=6 3/4 latasha bought yards of fabric. 6 3/4 use a similar strategy to solve this problem. casey went to the fabric store and bought 2 2/3 yards of yellow fabric,3 1/9 yards of purple fabric, and a pair of 5 1/5 inch scissors. how many yards of fabric did casey buy altogether?
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Answer 1

$2 \dfrac{2}{3} + 3 \dfrac{1}{9} = 2 \dfrac{6}{9} + 3 \dfrac{1}{9} = 5 \dfrac{7}{9}$

$\bf \text {Answer : } 5 \dfrac{7}{9} \text { yards of fabric}$