Hello.
-8.46 is less than 5.31, because it is negative.
1.25 also bc they are parallel
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T= total length
T=1 2/5 meters + 4 1/5 meters
add the whole #s and the fractions
T= (1+4) + (2/5 + 1/5)
T= 5 3/5 meters total
Hope this helps! :)