Madison read 1/2 of a book in the morning, and she read some more at night. By the end of the day she still had 2/5 of the book

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Kay [80]

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Madison read 1/2 of a book in the morning, and she read some more at night. By the end of the day she still had 2/5 of the book

left to read. How much of the book did Madison read at night?

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chubhunter [2.5K] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-24T09:43:23+03:00

chubhunter [2.5K]3 years ago

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Answer: 1/10

Step-by-step explanation:

At the end of the day, she still had 2/5 of the book to read. Which meant that she had read 3/5 of the book. Since she read 1/2 of the book in the day, we would read 3/5 - 1/2 = 6/10 - 5/10 = 1/10 of the book at night.