Question

Stephan owns a landscaping company. Today, he is mowing three lawns: one is of an acre, one is į of an acre, and oneis 14 acres. How many acres of lawn is Stephan going to mow today? Simplify your answer and write it as a mixedfraction if necessary.Oacreso 25acresOacresO2 acres

Answer 1

Stephen is mowing three lawns: one is 1/4 th of an acre, one is 1/2 of an acre and another is 1 1/3 acres.

Now, let us add.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{4}{3}=\frac{3+6+16}{12} \\ =\frac{25}{12} \\ =2\frac{1}{12} \end{gathered}$

Hence, the correct option is (D)

N.B - Since it is asked to convert the answer into mixed fraction, D is correct and B is not