jackie brought 3/4 gallon of ice tea to a party. bill brought 7/8 a gallon to party. How much ice tea did they have?

Respuesta :

They had 1 and 5/8 of gallón at the party

jackie brought 3/4 gallon of ice tea to a party

bill brought 7/8 of a gallon of ice tea to party.

To find total gallons of ice tea they hav[tex]\frac{3}{4} + \frac{7}{8}[/tex]e, we add the fractions

[tex]\frac{3}{4} + \frac{7}{8}[/tex]

To add two fractions , we make the denominators same

[tex]\frac{3*2}{4*2} + \frac{7}{8}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{6}{8} + \frac{7}{8}[/tex]

Now add the numerators

[tex]\frac{13}{8}[/tex]

So, They have [tex]1\frac{5}{8}[/tex] gallons of ice tea.