bob spent 3/8 of his birthday money at a baseball game and 5/12 ona new bat and glove.what fraction of his birthday money did bob spend?

Since you are looking for the fraction he spend, you have to add 3/8 and 5/12 with one another. To do this you have to change those fractions to have the same denominators. so you multiply 3/8 by 3/3 to get 9/24 and you multiply 5/12 by 2/2 to get 10/24. You then add 9/24 with 10/24 to get 19/24. Since you cannot simplify this further, 19/24 is your answer.

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PratikshaS PratikshaS · Answer 2 · 2022-07-14T11:50:15+02:00

Bob spent [tex]\frac{19}{24}[/tex] of his birthday money

What is fraction?

"It is a number is expressed as a quotient, in which the numerator is divided by the denominator."
"It is used to represent the part of the whole thing. "

For given question,

Bob spent 3/8 of his birthday money at a baseball game and 5/12 on a new bat and glove.

We need to find the fraction of his birthday money he spent.

so we add given two fractions.

[tex]\frac{3}{8}+ \frac{5}{12}\\\\ =\frac{3\times 3}{8\times 3}+ \frac{5\times 2}{12\times 2}\\\\=\frac{9}{24}+ \frac{10}{24}\\\\=\frac{9+10}{24}\\\\ =\frac{19}{24}[/tex]

Therefore, Bob spent [tex]\frac{19}{24}[/tex] of his birthday money.

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