Question

An organic farmer buys a piece of land seed plants tomatoes on 5/9 of the land and green beans on 1/12 of the of the land she plants potatoes on the remaining piece of land what fraction of the land does she plant with patatoes

Answer 1

Answer for this is 13\36

Answer 2

Find how much is reamaining
remaining=1-used
used=tomatoes+beens
used=5/9+1/12

5/9 times 12/12=60/108
1/12 times 9/9=9/108
used=60/108+9/108
used=69/108
used=23/36

1-23/36=
36/36-23/36=
13/36

answer is 13/36