SOLUTION: three buddies own a car in fla. One partner owns 7/12 of a car the other owns 1/6. how much of the car does the third partner own?

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Question 636417: three buddies own a car in fla. One partner owns 7/12 of a car the other owns 1/6. how much of the car does the third partner own?
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three buddies own a car in fla.
One partner owns 7/12 of a car the other owns 1/6.
how much of the car does the third partner own?
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The whole car is 1 or 12%2F12
Find the fraction remaining
r = 12%2F12 - 7%2F12 - 1%2F6
which is
r = 12%2F12 - 7%2F12 - 2%2F12
r = 3%2F12 remains
reduces to
r = 1%2F4 owned by the third partner