SOLUTION: Add & Subtract Mixed Numbers Janet want to some new clothes. She purchases three piece of fabric to make a dress, a jacket and a pair of pants. The first piece 3 2/5 yd long. An

Question 836208: Add & Subtract Mixed Numbers
Janet want to some new clothes. She purchases three piece of fabric to make a dress, a jacket and a pair of pants. The first piece 3 2/5 yd long. Another piece is 2 3/5 yd long. And the last piece is 3 yd long. Find the total number of yards of fabric that Janet purchased. (Simplify your answer. Type a whole number, a proper fraction, or a mixed number.)
Answer by LinnW(1048) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3 2/5 + 2 3/5 + 3
This is the same as

Put the whole numbers together

= 8 yards
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