Question

On monday, deborah ran 3 2/5 miles and on tuesday she ran 4 1/5 miles how many miles did she run on these 2 days togehter

Answer 1

Convert the two fractions into simpler fractions: 3 2/5 --> 17/5 and 4 1/5 --> 21/5. Notice the the denominators are identical, so we simply add the numerators: (17 + 21)/5 = 38/5 = 7 3/5. 

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