D. Wade's iPhone is 4 12/8 inches long. LeBron's iPhone is 5 3/8 inches long. Whose phone is longer, D. Wade or Lebron? Or are the phones the same length? Explain how you know.

Answer

LeBron's phone is longer because it is 5 3/8 inches long, which simplifies to 43/8 inches. D. Wade's phone is 4 12/8 inches long, which simplifies to 5/2 inches. When adding these two lengths, we get a total length of 10 7/8 inches. Therefore, LeBron's phone is longer than D. Wade's phone.

Convert 4 12/8 inches to fraction form. A: 4 12/8 inches = 5/2 inches.
Add 5/2 and 5 3/8 inches. A: 5/2 + 5 3/8 = 11/2 + 43/8 = 44/8 + 43/8 = 87/8 inches.
Simplify 87/8 inches. A: 87/8 inches = 10 7/8 inches.