SOLUTION: Dear Tutor, My question is this: Jason started reading a book with 450 pages. He finished reading 300 pages. In its simplest form, what fraction of the book is left unread.

Question 522751: Dear Tutor,
My question is this:
Jason started reading a book with 450 pages. He finished reading 300 pages. In its simplest form, what fraction of the book is left unread.
my answer is 1.5 but I would like to know if it is right and if not, if you could help me solve it please.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for me
Tracey
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jason started reading a book with 450 pages.
He finished reading 300 pages.
In its simplest form, what fraction of the book is left unread.
:
Find how many pages left for him to read;
450-300 = 150 pages unread
then
, we can reduce this fraction, divide numerator and denominator by 150, results:
of the book unread
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