Question

Jenna buys water from a store which allows you to bring your own containers of water and fill them up. The only catch is that you must honestly type into the store's computer how many gallons of water you took in total, written as a decimal, and then pay the amount the computer indicates.

Today, Jenna takes four containers with her. The first has a 3/4 gallon capacity, the second has a 1/8 gallon capacity, the third has a 4/5 gallon capacity, and the fourth has a 17/125 gallon capacity. She fills up all of the containers with water. What decimal should Jenna type into the computer?

Answer 1

1.811

Explanation:

To get the decimal Jenna should type into the computer you simply have to get the decimal value of each fraction and add them all together.

`(3)/(4)=.75`

`(1)/(8) =.125`

`(4)/(5)=.8`

`(17)/(125)=.136`

Then just add all the decimals together.