Kenji, a pet store employee, wants to fit two fish tanks on one table. One fish tank is 4 feet wide and the other fish tank is 2/5 of a foot wide. When placed next to each other, what is the total width of the two fish tanks?
Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Colleen, a pet store employee, wants to fit two fish tanks on one table. One fish tank is 3/4 of a foot wide and the other fish tank is 3/8 of a foot wide. When placed next to each other, what is the total width of the two fish tanks?
To find the total width of the two fish tanks, we need to add the individual widths of each tank.
First, let's convert the width of the second fish tank from a fraction to a decimal. The width of the second fish tank is 2/5 of a foot, which is equivalent to 0.4 feet.
Now we can add the widths of the two fish tanks:
4 feet + 0.4 feet = 4.4 feet.
So, the total width of the two fish tanks when placed next to each other is 4.4 feet.