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Question

Miguel made a shirt using 1/5

 meters of green fabric and 3/4

 meters of yellow fabric. How many meters of fabric did he use in all?

Answer 1

1/5 + 3/4 = 4/20 + 15/20 = 19/20

put the fractions over a common denominator, then add

= 95/100 = 95% = 0.95 meter

slightly less than 1 meter, exactly 5% less