Question

For camping mrjohn son needs 12 1-2 feet of rope to tie the logs that he has to cut for the campfire and 9 3-4 feet of the rope for the clothesline what is the total length of rope he needs for the camping trip

Answer 1

Mr. John will need not less than
`22(1)/(4)` feet of rope for the camping trip

Explanation:

To get the total length of rope Mr John needs for the camping trip, we can simply add up the length of rope he needs to tie the logs to the length of rope he needs for the clothesline.

Length of rope he needs to tie the logs =
`12(1)/(2)`

Length of rope he needs for the clothesline =
`9 (3)/(4)`

to sum this up, we, first of all, add up the whole numbers

12 + 9 = 21.

We then keep this aside then add up the fractions

`(1)/(2) +(3)/(4) =(2 +3)/(4) = 5/4 = 1(1)/(4)`

We then add this to our whole numbers

`21 + 1(1)/(4) =22 (1)/(4)`

Mr. John will need not less than
`22(1)/(4)` feet of rope for the camping trip