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sam ran 3 2/3 miles on friday. on saturday, he ran 2 1/9 more miles than he ran on friday. how many miles did he run on saturday? enter the answer in the box in the simplest fraction form. use "/" for the fraction bar

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Answer:

5 7/9

Explanation:

3 2/3 + 2 1/9 get the common denominator of 9 by making 2/3 6/9

3 6/9 + 2 1/9 add whole numbers to get 5 and numerators to get 7/9

thus 5 7/9

hope this helps! :)

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