1) Given the mixed number 5 3/5 and 8 4/5 let's add them
2) Let's turn them into improper fractions, keeping the denominators and multiplying the denominator by the whole number, and add to the numerator, to get the new numerator:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 5\frac{3}{5}=\frac{(5\times5+3)}{5}=\frac{28}{5} \\ 8\frac{4}{5}=\frac{5\times8+4}{5}=\frac{44}{5} \\ \frac{28}{5}+\frac{44}{5}=\frac{72}{5} \end{gathered}[/tex]3) So the answer is 72/5 (improper fraction) or 14 4/10 (mixed number)
