Can you solve this problem

Question

You walk 1/8

 miles to a grocery store. Then you walk another 2/3

 miles to a shoe store. How many miles have you walked in all?Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

miles

Answer 1

1/8+2/3= 3/24 +16/24 = 19/24

or

=.125 +.666.. = .791666...... = 19/24

19/24 no matter how you slice it, with fractions or decimals

let x = .791666.... then 100 x = 791.666... subtract to get

99x = 78.375

x = 78.375/99 = .791666...= 19/24