Jen spent 1 1/2 hours working on ms thomkin car on Monday. She spent 2 3/4 more hours on Tuesday to finish the tune up. How many more hours in all did she work on ms thommin car

is the answer 4 1/2 hours

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
9 years ago

No.

1 2/4 + 2 3/4 = ?

User Icon for anoymous anoymous answered
9 years ago

Is the answer 4 1/4 hours

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
9 years ago

Yes. She spent 4 1/4 hours.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To find out how many more hours Jen worked on Ms. Thomkin's car, we need to add up the hours she spent on Monday and Tuesday.

On Monday, Jen spent 1 1/2 hours working on the car.
On Tuesday, she spent 2 3/4 hours on the car.

To add these two amounts, let's first convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions.

1 1/2 = (2 * 1) + 1 = 3/2
2 3/4 = (4 * 2) + 3 = 11/4

Now we can add the two improper fractions:

3/2 + 11/4 = (3 * 4 + 11 * 2) / (2 * 4) = (12 + 22) / 8 = 34/8 = 4 1/4

So, the answer is actually 4 1/4 hours, not 4 1/2 hours.