SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation Carl used 2/9 of piece of string to tie a parcel and another 1/4 of the string to tie a box. What fraction of the string was left?

Question 1109280: please help me solve this equation
Carl used 2/9 of piece of string to tie a parcel and another 1/4 of the string to tie a box. What fraction of the string was left?
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, Alan3354:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You start out with L inches of string.
You use and then use another of the string.
So then let's say you have left.

Use a common denominator,

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Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
please help me solve this equation
Carl used 2/9 of piece of string to tie a parcel and another 1/4 of the string to tie a box. What fraction of the string was left?
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No equation is given.
What fraction of the string was left?
1 - 2/9 - 1/4

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