Question

Eddie's fishing. He has 1 1/4 ounces of weights on his line, but his bait isn't getting to the bottom of the lake. Eddie add another 1/2-ounces weight to the line, but it's still not enough. Finally, Eddie adds a 3/4-ounces weights and the bait sinks. How much weight does eddie now have on his line?

Answer 1

The initial weight is given by:

`1 (1)/(4) = 1.25`
Then, we add a second weight:

`(1)/(2) = 0.5`
Finally, we add a third weight:

`(3)/(4) = 0.75`
Adding the three added weights, we can find the total weight.
We have then:

`1.25 + 0.5 + 0.75 = 2.5`
The total weight is:

`2.5 = 2 (1)/(2)`
Answer:
eddie now has
`2 (1)/(2)` ounces on his line