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29 July, 10:44

a school librarian ordered new books for the library. 1/3 are science 2/5 are biography and the rest of the books are fiction. What fraction of the books ordered are fiction?

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  1. 29 July, 10:55
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    The way I would do this problem would be to find a common denominator for both of the fractions.

    5/15

    6/15

    And then we can find out how many books there are left.

    5/15 + 6/15 is 11/15

    11/15 books are about science and biography, the other 4/15 are fiction.
  2. 29 July, 10:57
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    i think it would be 4/15 because science is 6/15 and fiction is 5/15

    i don't need it but brainliest is appreciated
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