Question

Latasha went to the fabric store and bought 3 1/4 yards of red fabric and 3 1/2 yards of blue fabric. how many yards of fabric did latasha buy altogether? a student solved the problem this way:3 1/4 3 1/2 3 1/4 3 2/4=6 3/4 latasha bought yards of fabric. 6 3/4 use a similar strategy to solve this problem. casey went to the fabric store and bought 2 2/3 yards of yellow fabric,3 1/9 yards of purple fabric, and a pair of 5 1/5 inch scissors. how many yards of fabric did casey buy altogether?

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Answer 1

`2 (2)/(3) + 3 (1)/(9) = 2 (6)/(9) + 3 (1)/(9) = 5 (7)/(9)`


`\bf \text {Answer : } 5 (7)/(9) \text { yards of fabric}`