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In Mathematics / High School | 2014-05-20

If Kelly gave \(\frac{1}{3}\) of a pizza to Holly and \(\frac{1}{5}\) to Diane, how much did she have left?

Asked by Collaco961

Answer (2)

Make:
1 − 3 1 ​ − 5 1 ​ = 15 15 − 5 − 3 ​ = 15 7 ​
She have left 7/15

Answered by Ryan2 | 2024-06-24

Kelly has \frac{7}{15} of the pizza left after giving \frac{1}{3} to Holly and \frac{1}{5} to Diane. This was found by subtracting the fractions from the whole pizza. After performing the subtraction and finding a common denominator, we arrived at \frac{7}{15}.
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Answered by Ryan2 | 2024-09-30