Kelley ate 3/5 of her brownies on Monday and 6/8 of her brownies Tuesday. If Kelley originally had 2 brownies, what fraction brownie is left over? Simplifty your answer

Respuesta :

Greetings!

Answer:

[tex]\frac{13}{20}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we need to add the two fractions together. To do this we need to make the denominator a factor of both 8 and 5. Easy way to do this is to multiply each fraction by the denominator of the other fraction:

[tex]\frac{3}{5} * 8 = \frac{24}{40}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{6}{8} * 5 = \frac{30}{40}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{24}{40} + \frac{30}{40} = \frac{54}{40}[/tex]

We can also show 2 brownies as [tex]\frac{2}{1}[/tex] or [tex]\frac{80}{40}[/tex]

Now we can subtract the two:

[tex]\frac{80}{40} -  \frac{54}{40} = \frac{26}{40}[/tex]

Simplify the fraction down by dividing by two:

[tex]\frac{13}{20}[/tex]

Which is the fraction of brownie left!


Hope this helps!