Katy's measured the growth of a plant seedling. The seedling grew 1/3 inch by the end of the first week. The seedling grew 5/6 inch by the end of the second week. About how much did the seedling grow in the fist 2 weeks?

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Ashlynn Marquez

26 March, 21:32

Katy's measured the growth of a plant seedling. The seedling grew 1/3 inch by the end of the first week. The seedling grew 5/6 inch by the end of the second week. About how much did the seedling grow in the fist 2 weeks?

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Toby Peters · Answer 1

In the given problem it is already given that the seedling grew by 1/3 inch in the first week and 5/6 inch in the second week. Then it would not be a problem to find the total length of growth of the seedling.

The length up to which the seedling grew in 2 weeks = (1/3) + (5/6)

= (2 + 5) / 6

= 7/6 inch

So the seedling grew by 7/6 inches in two weeks. I hope that this answer is what you were looking for. You can solve such problems in the future by following the method that is applied for solving this problem.

Arnav Hanna · Answer 2

1/3 + 5/6 = 2/6 + 5/6 = 7/6

It grew by 7/6 or 1 1/6 inches by the first 2 weeks.