Texts: (3) 141,769 million gallons 22 An art teacher mixed 3(3)/(4) cups of blue paint with 2(2)/(3) cups of red paint to make some purple paint. How many cups of purple paint did the art teacher make? F 6(5)/(12)c G 5(5)/(7)c H 5(7)/(12)c J 6(7)/(12)c Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers
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3(3)/(4) cups of blue paint can be written as (4*3 + 3)/(4) = 15/4 cups. 2(2)/(3) cups of red paint can be written as (3*2 + 2)/(3) = 8/3 cups. Show more…
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