A painter has three partially filled paint cans.
The first contains 1 7/8 gallons
The second contains 1 1/5 gallons
The third contains 1 3/4 gallons
The total amount of paint is the sum of these paint cans.
[tex]total=1\frac{7}{8}+1\frac{1}{5}+1\frac{3}{4}[/tex]Now let us add these mixed fraction numbers
[tex]\begin{gathered} total=1\frac{7}{8}+1\frac{1}{5}+1\frac{3}{4} \\ total=(1+1+1)+(\frac{7}{8}+\frac{1}{5}+\frac{3}{4}) \\ total=(3)+(\frac{7}{8}+\frac{1}{5}+\frac{3}{4}) \\ total=(3)+(1.825) \\ total=4.825 \end{gathered}[/tex]As you can see, 4.825 is closest to 5.
Therefore, the correct option would be D
