Question

in an open relay race joe planned to swim 3 2/5 laps and eric planned to swim 2 1 and 1/5 laps how many combined laps did joe and eric plan to swim

Answer 1

5 3/5

Explanation:

The wording "combined laps" means you want the sum of the two numbers of laps. You can add their integer parts and their fractional parts.

... (3 2/5) + (2 1/5) = (3 + 2) + (2/5 + 1/5)

... = 5 + 3/5 = 5 3/5

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The fractions add to less than 1, so no additional work is necessary.