The fraction of the reading assignment done by Tuesday night is 1/2.
<h3>What are fractions?</h3>- Fractions are the numbers that make up a portion of the whole. An object or a collection of objects can be a whole.
- If a quantity or item is divided into equal pieces, each piece will represent a portion of the entire.
- A fraction is represented by the ratio a/b, where a represents the numerator and b is the denominator.
Given:
Let the total reading assignment be x.
Fraction of the reading assignment finished by Tori on Monday afternoon = (1/6)x
Fraction of the reading assignment finished by Tori on Tuesday afternoon = (1/3)x
The fraction of the reading assignment done by Tuesday night is,
Total - Fraction of the reading assignment completed by Tori
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So, 1/2 of the reading assignment(x) was done by Tuesday night.
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