To start to figure this problem out, we can first figure out how many more pages you read in an hour compared to your sister.
50 - 40 = 10, so you read 10 more pages in 1 hour.
Now we have to figure out how much more you would read in 1/2 an hour. Since 1/2 an hour is 1/2 of an hour, we can divide 10 by 2 to figure out how many more pages you read in an hour compared to your sister. 10 divided by 2 is 5, so you read 5 more pages every half hour.
There are many ways to do this depending on the property you have to use:
If you use the distributive property, you need to distribute 3/4 to -10 and 2/5. Distribute means you will multiply it so your resulting equation will be this:
Before you can add, you need to first make them like terms because you cannot add unlike fractions. Get the LCD and form your new equation:
Now you can just add them together to get:
and then simplify your fraction:
or -
The whole fraction becomes negative because when you divide integers and of them is negative, the final answer will be negative.
In this question there is nothing complicated. Only thing is to know the way fractions can be divided. Once that is known the problem would be one of the easiest to solve. Now let us get back to the problem and look at all the information's that are given in the question.
Divide 7/15 by 3/5 = (7/15)/(3/5)
= (7 * 5)/(15 * 3)
= (35/45)
Dividing the numerator and the denominator by 5 for simplifying purpose, we get
= 7/9
So from the above deduction we can easily conclude that 7/9 is the correct answer and option "B" is the correct option among all the options given in the question.
Step-by-step explanation:
So I found the l.c.m which is 8 and I multiplied it by the numbers and then
The subtracted the both mixed numbers and I got an answer of 15/8