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A painter has three partially filled paint cans. One contains1 7/8 gallons, the second contains1 1/5 gallons, and the third contains1 3/4 gallons. Which answer is closest to the total amount of paint?

Respuesta :

[tex]\text{total amount=}\frac{193}{40}=4.825\text{ gallons}[/tex]

Explanation

Step 1

convet the mixed numbers into simple fractions

remember

[tex]a\frac{b}{c}=\frac{(a\cdot c)+b}{c}[/tex]

then

[tex]\begin{gathered} 1\text{ }\frac{7}{8}=\frac{(1\cdot8+7)}{8}=\frac{15}{8} \\ 1\frac{1}{5}=\frac{(1\cdot5+1)}{5}=\frac{6}{5} \\ 1\frac{3}{4}=\frac{(1\cdot4+3)}{4}=\frac{7}{4} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Step 2

now, make the sum to find the total amount

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{total amount= }\frac{15}{8}+\frac{6}{5}+\frac{7}{4} \\ \text{total amount=}\frac{(15\cdot5\cdot4)+(6\cdot8\cdot4)+(7\cdot5\cdot8)}{160} \\ \text{total amount=}\frac{300+192+280}{160} \\ \text{total amount=}\frac{772}{160} \\ \text{total amount=}\frac{193}{40} \end{gathered}[/tex]

I hope this helps you

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