Question

Sarita bought `2/5` metres of ribbon and Lalita `3/4` metres of ribbon. What is the total length of the ribbon they bought?

Answer 1

Ribbon length bought by Sarita = `2/5` metre

Ribbon length bought by Lalita = `3/4` metre

The total length of the ribbon bought by both of them = `2/5 + 3/4`

Taking LCM 20

= `[(2 × 4) + (3 × 5)] / 20`

=`((8 + 15))/20`

= `23/20` metre

∴ The total length of the ribbon bought by both Sarita and Lalita is `23/20` metres.