What is the best estimate of the sum of the fractions? 31/4 + 17/3 + 8/18

O 12 1/2
O 13
O 14 1/2
O 15

14 1/2

Step-by-step explanation:

Estimations only help us do some rough calculations. They don't give us correct answer but, again, they aren't supposed to.

When estimating sum of the fractions, we should estimate each fraction separately and then just add those estimations up.

For example, 31/4 is somewhere just below 8, but we'll estimate it to 8. Similarly, 17/3, is a bit less then 6, but close enough to be rounded up.

Finally, 8/18 is somewhere near 1/2, so we round it up to that value.

Now, we simply add up all these estimations:

8+6+1/2 = 14 1/2

after simplifying it i got: -36.25 as my answer. hope that !

options a,b,c are the right answer.

step-by-step explanation:

a linear parent function is always represented as y = x

if we write this function in the form of y=mx+c

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or  

now if we plot a graph we will find these characteristics:

1) y intercept of the graph is zero so its a straight line passing through origin.

2) as we can see in both the forms of function written, values of x and y may be either positive or negative for the positive slope means points on the graph are either in first quadrant or in third one.

3) it's slope is one.