You worked theses hours this week: 1 1/2 , 2 3/4, 3 3/4, 5 1/2 how many hours did you work?
a. 15
b. 17
c. 17 1/2
d. 17 1/4

13.5 hours.

I got the answer by simply adding up the integers to start with.

Integers = 1, 2, 3 and 5.

The integers added up equal to 11.

Next we add up the remaining fractions.

Fractions = 1/2, 3/4, 3/4 and 1/2.

We can add up 1/2 and 1/2 to equal 1, and 3/4 and 3/4 to make 1.5.

1 + 1.5 = 2.5          

Finally, we add up the answer for the integers and the fractions together, (11 + 2.5) which equals 13.5.

Our answer is 13.5 hours.      

(Not sure why the answer isn't in the choices)                          

answer: the anser is 3

step-by-step explanation:

c- 2o is equal to 9

step-by-step explanation:

12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 7 hours.

4: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 3 hours.

this means that from 4: 00 p.m to 7: 00 p.m. this represents 3/7 of what was lost from 12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m.

after knowing this, after doing 11,600 - 6,800 = 4,800

4,800 represents 3/7 of what was lost for 7 hours.

we then divide 4,800 by 3 which gets 1,600.

because we know that 1,600 represents 1/7 of how much water was lost, we just have to multiply by 7, which gets 11,200.   after adding 11,200 to how much water was left at 7: 00 p.m. which was 6,800. 11,200 + 6,800 = 18,000

this means that the pool originally had 18,000 gallons in the pool.

you can also check your work by doing 18,000 - 4(1600), which becomes           1800 - 6400 which gets you 11,600.