SOLUTION: At one Kennel, 11/18 of the dogs are small, 1/9 are medium size, and the rest are large. What fraction of the dogs are large?

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Question 88441: At one Kennel, 11/18 of the dogs are small, 1/9 are medium size, and the rest are large. What fraction of the dogs are large?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Earlsdon:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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At one Kennel, 11/18 of the dogs are small, 1/9 are medium size, and the rest are large. What fraction of the dogs are large?
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1 - (11/18) - (2/18)
= (18/18) - (11/18) - (2/18)
= 5/18 of the dogs are large
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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If 11%2F18 of the dogs are small and 1%2F9 of the dogs are medium, you need to find out what fraction of the whole kennel this represents.
11%2F18+%2B+1%2F9+=+11%2F18+%2B+2%2F18=13%2F18
Now the whole kennel is 18%2F18 so you'll subtract the 13%2F18 from the 18%2F18 to get 5%2F18
So, 5%2F18 of the dogs are large!