Question

A horse owner needs to replace four sections of a coral for the horses. The first section

needs 26 yards of fencing, the second needs 10 3/5, the third, 10 1/5 yards, and the fourth,
8 3/10 yards. How many yards are needed to repair four sections of the fencing?
10

Answer 1

55
`(1)/(10)`

Explanation:

Convert all the mixed numbers to fractions with a common denominator (10) then add them up:

26 + 53/5 + 51/5 + 83/10 =

26 + 106/10 + 102/10 + 83/10 =

26 + 291/10 =

26 + 29
`(1)/(10)` = 55
`(1)/(10)`

Answer 2

55 1/10 yd

Explanation:

26 + 10 + 3/5 + 10 + 1/5 + 8 + 3/10 =

= 54 + 4/5 + 3/10 =

= 54 + (8 + 3)/10 =

= 54 + 11/10 =

= 54 + 10/10 + 1/10 =

= 54 + 1 + 1/10 =

= 55 1/10