Answer:
problem 1. 53/20 problem 2. 24/27. Problem 3. 22/48
Explanation:
to solve the first two, the process is similar. For the first one, they can be simplifed back into fraction form and not mixed form, so 1 2/5 can be simplified by multiplying 5 by one then adding it to 2, which gives you 7/5, and the same process for 2 1/2, multiply 2 by two, get 4 add it to one to get 5/2. Now we have 7/5 + 5/2, when we have fractions that we need to add or subtract, but down have the same bottom number, the easiest way to get a answer is to multiply both bottom numbers together then multiply the top number by the opposite bottom number, so 5x4 = 20, 4x7=28, 5x5=25, and we get 28/20 + 25/20 = 53/20. The process for problem two is the same, but just with subtraction and different numbers.
for problem three, the process is almost the same, but the steps differ. The bag is made up of R G and P counters, 3/8 of them are red, 1/6 are green, and the rest are purple because nothing else is in the bag. So another way of saying this is 3/8 + 1/6 + purple = Full Amount in bag. But now we need purple, so we know 1/2 one half and so does 2/4, and since we have fractions we can find the amount in the bag by adding them, 3/8 + 1/6 = 26/48, and we know the full bag is 1/1 or 48/48, and fhe only one left is purple, so to get purple, we subtract 48/48 from 26/48 and get 22/48 which is the amount of purple.