Pat drank 1 1/3 cups of punch in the beginning of the party as she drank 2 and4/6 cups of punch at the end of the party. How much punch did she drink in all?

Pat drank 26/6 (4 1/3 or 13/3) cups of punch.

Step-by-step explanation:

Here is how I would solve this-

What is the question? How much punch did she drink in all?

What do we need to know? 11/3 + 4/6 cups of punch.

How can we make them have a common denominator? 22/6 + 4/6

Add them together! (22 + 4 = 26) so you get 26/6

Final Answer = Pat drank 26/6 (4 1/3 or 13/3) cups of punch.

Hope this helps! Good luck and let me know if this is right!

1,407.5 hours

step-by-step explanation:

we first convert all the time to hours and then sum them up.

there are 24 hours in 1 day, in 58 days, there are 24 x 58 = 1,392 hours.

there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, thus, 30 minutes will be equivalent to 30 / 60 = 0.5 hours.

therefore, the number of hours it will take mercury to complete a full rotation is 1,392 + 15 + 0.5 = 1,407.5 hours