SOLUTION: if 2/5 of a load of books are distributed in the morning and 1/3 of the remaining books are distributed in the afternoon, what fraction of the books will remain to be distributed?

Question 276137: if 2/5 of a load of books are distributed in the morning and 1/3 of the remaining books are distributed in the afternoon, what fraction of the books will remain to be distributed?
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are told were distributed in the morning.
And that of the remaining were given out in the afternoon.
So that means you gave out

were given out
So that leaves = = of the original number are left
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