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In a shipment of new books for the library,5/12 of the books were poetry and 2/5 were biographies. The remainder of the books in

the shipment were mysteries. What fraction of the books in the shipment were mysteries

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mr Goodwill [35]3 years ago

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5/12(poetry) + 2/5(biographies) = 25/60 + 24/60 = 49/60
60/60 - 49/60= 11/60
11/60 are the remainder of the books in the shipment.

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