Solve the Problem $1 \frac { 5 } { 9 }$

Solve the problem.
-Ellen is knitting a scarf with one 3 -inch blue stripe, one 2 -inch green stripe, and one $1 \frac { 5 } { 9 }$ -inch white stripe. How wide is the scarf?

A) $\frac { 9 } { 59 } \mathrm { in }$ .
B) $\frac { 22 } { 45 } \mathrm { in }$ .
C) $2 \frac { 1 } { 22 } \mathrm { in }$ .
D) $6 \frac { 5 } { 9 } \mathrm { in }$ .