Question

Bill has 23 3/4 gallons of water in his aquarium. He adds 18 3/5 more gallons. How much water is in his aquarium?

Answer 1

Answer:

The total amount of water in the aquarium is 42 7/20 gallons.

Explanations:

From the question given, the initial gallons of water that Bill has is 23 3/4. If he adds 18 3/5 more gallons to it, the amount of water in his aquarium is expressed as:

$Total\text{ amount = 23 }\frac{3}{4}+18\frac{3}{5}$

Convert to improper fraction

$\begin{gathered} \text{Total amount = }\frac{95}{4}+\frac{93}{5} \\ \end{gathered}$

Find the LCM:

$\begin{gathered} \text{Total Amount = }\frac{5(95)+4(93)}{20} \\ \text{Total Amount = }\frac{475+372}{20} \\ \text{Total Amount = }\frac{847}{20} \end{gathered}$

Convert the result back to mixed fraction:

$\text{Total Amount = }42\frac{7}{20}$

This shows that the total amount of water in the aquarium is 42 7/20 gallons.