How is adding decimals similar to subtracting decimals

Tamera puts 15/4 gallons of gasoline in her car. which mixed number represents the gallons of gasoline? a) 2 3/4 gallons b) 3 1/4 gallons c) 3 3/4 gallons d) 4 1/2 gallons answer it's worth a lot of points!

Lizette is training for a marathon. at 7: 00 she left her house and ran until 8: 30, then she walked until 11: 30. she covered a total distance of 18 miles. her running speed was six miles per hour faster than her walking speed. find her running and walking speeds in miles per hour.

Andy wants to find the distance d across a river. he located points as shown in the figure, then use similar triangles to find that d = 223.5 feet. how can you tell without calculating that he must be wrong? tell what you think he did wrong and correct his error. round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary. andy must have used the wrong . the distance d is actually feet.