A family drove \(\frac{1}{5}\) of the total distance to the coast on the first day. They drove \(\frac{2}{5}\) more of the distance on the second day. How much of the total distance had the family traveled in the two days?
A. \(\frac{2}{25}\)
B. \(\frac{3}{10}\)
C. \(\frac{3}{5}\)
D. \(\frac{1}{5}\)
Answer (3)
Your answer is c. 3/5. You just add 2/5 and 1/5 together (your denominator never changes when you are adding the same denominator). You would basically just do 2 + 1=3
travel distance on first day - 1/5 (0.2) travel distance on second day - 2/5 (0.4) total distance traveled on two days - 1/5+2/5 (or) 0.2+0.4
1/5+2/5 (or) 0.2+0.4 [as the two denominators are same we can just add the numerators] 3/5 (or) 0.6
Therefore, the family traveled 3/5 (0.6) on two days. So the answer is C. 3/5
The family traveled a total of 5 3 of the total distance after two days. The calculation is straightforward as we simply add the fractions for each day's journey. Therefore, the correct option is C: 5 3 .
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