Reduce to lowest terms

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Answer:

4 ft 5 in

Explanation:

Adding:

$2\ ft\ 8\ in$

+
$1\ ft\ 9\ in$

We get
$3\ ft\ and\ 17\ in$ .

$17\ in$ can be further converted to
$ft\ and\ in$

As
$12\ in = 1\ ft$

∴
$17\ in =12\ in + 5\ in=1\ ft + 5\ in$

∴ Reduced form is =
$3\ ft\ +1\ ft + 5\ in=4\ ft\ 5\ in$

Riceball LEE answered Jan 21, 2020

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