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?

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) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If of the dogs are small and of the dogs are medium, you need to find out what fraction of the whole kennel this represents.
=
Now the whole kennel is so you'll subtract the from the to get
So, of the dogs are large!
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