One-fifth of your art-supply money goes for brushes. If you also spend 12 of your money on paint, what fraction of your money will you have left?
Is that 12 or 1/2?
I find it odd that you made the same typo in this question as somebody else did back in Nov 2014.
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1/2 (:
I WILL BE REPOSTING THE QUESTION WITH THE CORRECTED MISTAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To find out what fraction of your money you will have left, we need to subtract the amount spent on brushes and paint from the total amount of money you have.
Let's say you have $x as your total art-supply money.
One-fifth of your money goes for brushes, which can be expressed as (1/5)x.
You also spend $12 on paint.
To calculate the amount left, we subtract the amount spent on brushes and paint from the total money:
x - (1/5)x - 12
Combining like terms, we simplify the expression:
(5/5)x - (1/5)x - 12 = (4/5)x - 12
Therefore, the fraction of your money that will be left is (4/5)x - 12.