Question

A painter has three partially filled paint cans.1 7/8 gallonsthe second contains 1 1/5 gallonsand the third contains 1 3/4which anwer is closet to the total amount of paint?A.2B.3C.4D.5

Answer 1

A painter has three partially filled paint cans.

The first contains 1 7/8 gallons

The second contains 1 1/5 gallons

The third contains 1 3/4 gallons

The total amount of paint is the sum of these paint cans.

`total=1(7)/(8)+1(1)/(5)+1(3)/(4)`

Now let us add these mixed fraction numbers

`\begin{gathered} total=1(7)/(8)+1(1)/(5)+1(3)/(4) \\ total=(1+1+1)+((7)/(8)+(1)/(5)+(3)/(4)) \\ total=(3)+((7)/(8)+(1)/(5)+(3)/(4)) \\ total=(3)+(1.825) \\ total=4.825 \end{gathered}`

As you can see, 4.825 is closest to 5.

Therefore, the correct option would be D