Raina made a shirt using (1)/(3) yards of red fabric and (3)/(8) yards of yellow fabric. How many yards of fabric did she use in all? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
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The denominators of the fractions are 3 and 8. To find a common denominator, we can multiply the denominators together: 3 * 8 = 24. Show more…
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