PARTS OF A POLE WERE PAINTED RED,BLUE AND YELLOW.3/5 OF THE POLE WS RED AND 7/8 WAS BLUE.WHAT PART WAS PAINTED YELLOW?
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0.6 + 0.875 = 1.475
Even that part is impossible!
2 - (0.6+0.875)=0.525
To determine the part of the pole that was painted yellow, we need to find the remaining fraction of the pole after accounting for the red and blue parts.
Let's start by figuring out the proportion of the pole that was not red. We are given that 3/5 of the pole was red, which means 2/5 (1 - 3/5) of the pole was not red.
Next, we need to determine the proportion of the pole that was not blue. We are told that 7/8 of the pole was blue, so 1/8 (1 - 7/8) of the pole was not blue.
Now, we can calculate the remaining part that was not painted. To find this, we multiply the fraction that was not red (2/5) by the fraction that was not blue (1/8):
(2/5) * (1/8) = 2/40 = 1/20
Therefore, 1/20 of the pole was not painted.
Since the question asks for the part that was painted yellow, we deduct the fraction that was not painted from the whole to get the final answer:
1 - 1/20 = 19/20
Therefore, 19/20 of the pole was painted yellow.