Question

A clerk sold three pieces of one type of ribbon to different customers. One piece was 8 3/8 yards long, another was 6 4/5 yards long, and the third was 15 3/4 yards long. What was the total length of that type of ribbon sold?

Answer 1

EXPLANATION

If one piece was 8 3/8 yards long, another 6 4/5 and the another 15 3/4 we need to compute the total length as shown as follows:

The total length was:

$\text{Total length=8}\frac{3}{8}+6\frac{4}{5}+15\frac{3}{4}=30\frac{37}{40}=\frac{1237}{40}=30.92\text{ yards long}$