Question 534915
He worked 17 hours total

You want to find out how many hours he worked total

First thing to do would be to add both of the fractions together
So your equation would be 2 2/3+4 1/2
Then you would make both of those fractions into improper fractions so that you can add them together

so, to put 2 2/3 into an improper fraction, you would multiply the whole number by the denominator, then add the numerator
So, it would look like this: (3 x 2)+2, equaling 8

So, the equation would now look like this: 8+4 1/2

Then you would do the same thing with 4 1/2 that you did with 2 2/3
So it would be (2 x 4)+1, equaling 9

Then you simply add 8 and 9 together and your answer is 17