Your neighborhood would like to raise funds to update the equipment in the neighborhood park. They hold a bake sale and raise 3/8

Question

of the desired funds and then have a neighborhood yard sale and raise another 1/4
. What is the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised?(1 point)
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Answer 1

To find the total fractional amount of the desired funds raised from both the bake sale and the yard sale, we need to add the two fractions:

1. Bake sale raised \( \frac{3}{8} \).
2. Yard sale raised \( \frac{1}{4} \).

First, we need to express \( \frac{1}{4} \) with a common denominator of 8.

We can convert \( \frac{1}{4} \) to an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 8:

\[ \frac{1}{4} = \frac{1 \cdot 2}{4 \cdot 2} = \frac{2}{8} \]

Now, we can add the two fractions:

\[ \frac{3}{8} + \frac{2}{8} = \frac{3 + 2}{8} = \frac{5}{8} \]

So, the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised is \( \frac{5}{8} \).