How do you evaluate $1 5/6 +7 5/6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-18T14:03:21

See a solution process below:

We can rewrite the expression as:

$(1 + 5/6) + (7 + 5/6) =>$

$1 + 5/6 + 7 + 5/6 =>$

$1 + 7 + 5/6 + 5/6 =>$

$8 + (5 + 5)/6 =>$

$8 + 10/6$

Now, we can convert the improper fraction into a mixed number giving:

$8 + (6 + 4)/6 =>$

$8 + 6/6 + 4/6 =>$

$8 + 1 + 2/3 =>$

$9 + 2/3 =>$

$9 2/3$

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