Question

Alicia uses 3/4 gallon of paint to paint her room. Becca uses for 4/5 gallon more than Alicia to paint her room. How many gallons of paint do they use together

Answer 1

23/10 gallons

Explanation:

Alicia uses 3/4 gallon of paint to paint her room.

Alicia use = 3/4 gallon of paint

Becca uses for 4/5 gallon more than Alicia to paint her room.

Becca uses = Alicia (3/4 gallons ) + 4/5

Becca uses =
`(3)/(4) + (4)/(5)`

Total paint used together = Aliccia used + Becca used

`(3)/(4)+(3)/(4) + (4)/(5)`

Add like fractions 3/4 + 3/4 becomes 6/4

`(6)/(4) + (4)/(5)`

Make the denominators same

`(6*5)/(4*5) + (4*4)/(5*4)`

`(30)/(20) + (16)/(20)`

`(46)/(20)`

Divide top and bottom by 2

`(23)/(10)` gallons