Question

in a shipment of new books for a library 5/12 of the books were poetry and 2/5 were biographies the remainder of the books were a mysteri what frantion of the books were a mysterie..a2/12 b11/60 c7/17 d49/60

Answer 1

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Step 1: Make both fractions have common denominators. (24/60  and 25/60)
Step 2: Add the fractions. (49/60)
Step 3: Subtract 49 from 60. (11/60)
Step 4: The answer is B.

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