Answer:
x + y = -4.125
Explanation:
When you have a problem with wanting the answer to be negative, you must Add the 2 negative numbers.
-11/8 = - 1 3/8, 11/4 - 2 3/4.
You should take off the negatives for this problem, and just add fractions as usual.
We need common denominators, which is 8.
Our problem is:
1 3/8 + 2 6/8.
We add, 3 + 6 = 9 / 8.
1 1/8.
2 + 1 = 3 + 1 1/8 = 4.125.
Then, we put the negative sign.
Therefore x + y is correct since the value is negative, -4.125.
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