[tex]12 \dfrac{1}{3} + 8 \dfrac{3}{4} +17 \dfrac{2}{8} +23 \dfrac{2}{3} [/tex]
Simplify
[tex]= 12 \dfrac{1}{3} + 8 \dfrac{3}{4} +17 \dfrac{1}{4} +23 \dfrac{2}{3} [/tex]
Change the denominators to be the same
[tex]= 12 \dfrac{1 \times 4}{3 \times 4} + 8 \dfrac{3 \times 3}{4 \times 3} +17 \dfrac{1 \times 3 }{4 \times 3} +23 \dfrac{2 \times 4}{3 \times 4} [/tex]
[tex]= 12 \dfrac{4}{12} + 8 \dfrac{9}{12} +17 \dfrac{3 }{12} +23 \dfrac{8}{12} [/tex]
Combine into single fraction
[tex]= 60 \dfrac{24}{12} [/tex]
[tex]= 62 [/tex]
