Question

** NEED HELP WITH FRACTIONS, PLEASE!** As a part of a 3-day workout plan to prepare for a triathlon, an athlete ran 9 1/12 miles Monday, 12 1/7 miles Tuesday, and 15 1/21 Wednesday. How many miles did the athlete run in the 3 day period?

Answer 1

you add them them together give me a minute and dang that guy runs a lot
lol

Answer 2

Find a common denominator

Answer 3

yes im stuck lol

Answer 4

\[9\frac{ 1 }{ 12 } + 12 \frac{ 1 }{ 7 } + 15 \frac{ 1 }{ 21 }\]

Answer 5

You need to make all the numbers in the denominator the same when adding fractions

Answer 6

What is one possible number that can be used as a common denominator?

Answer 7

none nada

Answer 8

cant find it

Answer 9

Well that's why you need to find one
EXAMPLE PROBLEM


What's a possible common denominator you could work with there?

Answer 10

i got it

Answer 11

its 36 23/84

Answer 12

finally

Answer 13

looks good to me

Answer 14

thanks