Jon has painted 4/5 of his house the next day he painted 2/3 of what he had left. What fraction of the House is left to paint

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Maxim Burton

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22 November, 06:22

Jon has painted 4/5 of his house the next day he painted 2/3 of what he had left. What fraction of the House is left to paint

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Kailey Gould · Answer 1

After Jon’s painted 4/5 of the house, he has 1/5 left. 1/3 of 1/5 is 1/15, so 2/3 of 1/5 is 2/15. He has 1/5 = 3/15 left to paint, and he paints another 2/15, so the leaves him with 3/15 - 2/15 = 1/15 of the house left to paint.