SOLUTION: during one evening kathleen devoted 2/3 of her study to math, 3/20 of her time to spanish, 1/3 of her time to bology, and the remaining 35 minutes to english. How much time did sh

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Question 528247: during one evening kathleen devoted 2/3 of her study to math, 3/20 of her time to spanish, 1/3 of her time to bology, and the remaining 35 minutes to english. How much time did she spend studing her spanish.
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Something is wrong with the way you presented the question. 2/3 plus 1/3 is 1, so where does the 3/20 or the 35 minutes come from? If I said give me 100% of the money you have, and after you had emptied your pockets, I said give me another 35 cents, you would look at me askance, would you not?

John

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