document.write( "Question 160787: Robin ran 5/1/3 miles on Sunday, 2/1/4 miles on Tuesday, and 3/1/2 miles on Friday. How far did she run during the week? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #118534 by vleith(2983) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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You need to get the daily mileage over a common denominator to add them.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can do that by putting the full amount from each day in fractional form, or just adding the integer parts and then adding the fractional parts. Let's add the two parts separately
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%285++%2B+1%2F3+%29+%2B+%28+2+%2B+1%2F4%29+%2B+%283+%2B+1%2F2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%285%2B2%2B3%29+%2B+%281%2F3+%2B+1%2F4+%2B+1%2F2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+10+%2B+%284%2F12+%2B+3%2F12+%2B+6%2F12%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+10+%2B+%2813%2F12%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+10+%2B+%28+12%2F12+%2B+1%2F12%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+10+%2B+1+%2B+1%2F12\"$
\n" ); document.write( "11 and 1/12 miles \n" ); document.write( "

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