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senthi
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help please

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the latymer school 2008 paper 11

Q NO 11:add one half of 6.1 to one half of 3.9.

the answer is:5

can anyone explain the work out please.thank you.
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Re: help please

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half of 6.1 = 3.05
half of 3.9 = 1.95
3.05 + 1.95 = 5
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Q NO 11:add one half of 6.1 to one half of 3.9.
Since we want to add half of both of them then it's much easier to say 6.1+3.9 = 10 then find half of that :D
senthi
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we tried to divied and we couldn't and now we got it .thankyou very much.
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