Question

Sam and Lou need total of 1 foot wire for science project. sam's wire measured 8/12 foot long. Lou's measured 7/8 foot long. Do they enough wire for the science project?

Answer 1

Yes because together they have a little more than one and a half feet of wire

Answer 2

Yes , they have enough wire

Explanation:

Given :

Sam and Lou need a total of 1 foot wire for science project.

Sam's wire measured 8/12 foot long.

Lou's measured 7/8 foot long.

To Find : Do they have enough wire for the science project?

Solution :

Since Sam has 8/12 foot long wire.

Lou has 7/8 foot long wire.

Total wire they have :

`(8)/(12) +(7)/(8)`

`(16+21)/(24)`

`(37)/(24)`

`1.5416`

Thus they have 1.5416 foot wire

Since they required 1 foot wire .

So, they have enough wire.