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Aleena has a 1-gallon watering can that is full of water.She uses 3/8gallon to water her roses and 1/3gallon to water her geraniums. How much water did Aleena use to water both the roses and geraniums?
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Aleena has a 1-gallon watering can that is full of water.She uses 3/8gallon to water her roses and 1/3gallon to water her geraniums. How much water did Aleena use to water both the roses and geraniums?

Aleena has a 1-gallon watering can that is full of water.She uses 3/8gallon to water-example-1
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once you find your common denominator (24) you have to do the same to the numerator. So for the roses it would be 9/24 + 8/24 which is 17/24 for both roses and geraniums
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