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A painter used 3/8 gallon of paint for one job and 1/3 for another. How many gallons of paint did the painter use for both jobs?

A. 4/11
B. 17/24
C. 3/4
D. 1 1/8 I think it's B

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A painter used 3/8 gallon of paint for one job and 1/3 for another. How many gallons of paint did the painter use for both jobs?

A. 4/11
 B. 17/24
 C.  3/4
 D. 1 1/8                   I think it's B

anonymous · Answer

Put both fractions over a common denominator to get:
9/24 + 8/24 = 17/24.

You'd be right in thinking B

anonymous · Answer

So I got it right?

anonymous · Answer

Unless you guessed, you did it perfectly

anonymous · Answer

Thank you for the help anyways!!!