Answer:
4.286
Step-by-step explanation:
you really need help with this ? you cannot just use your calculator ? that would have been faster than putting that question in here ...
remember, similar to the number positions in front of the decimal point, it is equally important to add the same positions after the decimal point.
we have 10th, 100th, 1000th, 10000th, 100000th, ... no end possible.
so we have
2.826 miles
and need to add 1.46 miles
2.826
1.46
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4.286
and the line of thinking goes from right to left
nothing plus 6 is 6
6 plus 2 is 8
4 plus 8 is 12, so we write 2 and carry over the 1
1 plus 2 plus 1 carry over is 4
if it helps, you can always add zeroes at the end of any digits after the decimal point, as you can also add zeroes in front to the digits before the decimal point to make both numbers have the same length and their decimal points are perfectly aligned.
our addition could have also looked like
2.826
1.460
with the same result
overall, if this is truly helping you, an example of using both leading and tailing zeroes could be
4278.9472081
0021.6380000
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4300.5852081
