You need 1/2 a yard of lace at neck and 2/6 yard for both wrist. how much lace is needed?

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Villanueva

5 February, 06:08

You need 1/2 a yard of lace at neck and 2/6 yard for both wrist. how much lace is needed?

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Stephanie Hughes · Answer 1

So to set this up you need common denominators so that both of the fractions have the same bottom number.

The correct answer should be 5/6 and my work is shown below

Neveah Valencia · Answer 2

5/6 yards of lace because 1/2 = 3/6 and 3/6 + 2/6 = 5/6