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?

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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You are told 2%2F5 were distributed in the morning.
And that 1%2F3 of the remaining 3%2F5 were given out in the afternoon.
So that means you gave out
2%2F5+%2B+%281%2F3%29%2A%283%2F5%29
2%2F5+%2B+3%2F15
2%2F5+%2B+1%2F5
3%2F5 were given out
So that leaves 1+-+%283%2F5%29 = 5%2F5+-+3%2F5 = 2%2F5 of the original number are left