SOLUTION: It takes wyatts family 5 and 1/3 hrs to drive to his grandparents farm. The family has already driven 3 and 1/2 hrs, how much longer do they need to drive
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Question 1075034: It takes wyatts family 5 and 1/3 hrs to drive to his grandparents farm. The family has already driven 3 and 1/2 hrs, how much longer do they need to drive Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! One can do this with improper fractions, which I will show below.
What is the difference between 3 1/2 and 5 1/3?
one goes from 3 1/2 to 4 by adding 1/2
one goes from 4 to 5 by adding 1, total is 1 1/2 so far
one goes from 5 to 5 1/3 by adding 1/3, total is 1 1/2 + 1/3=1 5/6
5 1/3=16/3
3 1/2=7/2
make them 6ths
32/6-21/6=11/6 or 1 5/6
