SOLUTION: One can of paint contains 2 and 2/5 gallons and a another has 2/3 of a gallon. if you combine them, how many total gallons of paint do you have?

SOLUTION: One can of paint contains 2 and 2/5 gallons and a another has 2/3 of a gallon. if you combine them, how many total gallons of paint do you have?

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Question 1046028: One can of paint contains 2 and 2/5 gallons and a another has 2/3 of a gallon. if you combine them, how many total gallons of paint do you have?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
, and lowest common denominator is .

Change the improper fraction into a mixed number.

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