document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1150665>Question 1150665</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mark volunteers a local pet store. He made took some notes about the animals in the store one week. 2/5 are birds 3/8 are bunnies. The rest are other pets, such as fish, snakes,and mice. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What fraction of the animals in the store are birds and bunnies. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What fraction of the in the store are not birds and bunnies. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What fraction of the animals in the store are birds and bunnies?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are no animals in the store that are both birds and bunnies; so the answer is 0.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "What fraction of the animals in the store are not birds and bunnies?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ALL of them are not both birds and bunnies; so the answer is 1.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now let's ask and answer the right questions.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "What fraction of the animals in the store are birds OR bunnies?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "birds 2/5; bunnies 3/8.  Get a common denominator: 5*8 = 40.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "birds 16/40; bunnies 15/40<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "birds OR bunnies: 16/40+15/40 = 31/40<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "What fraction of the animals in the store are not birds OR bunnies?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1-31/40 = 9/40<br><BR>\n" );
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