Ollie forgot his money. Mandy gave Ollie one-fifth of his money, Luke gave Ollie one-fourth of his money and Nicholas gave Ollie one-third of his money. How much of the group’s money does Ollie have now?
no way to tell, unless each of the three had the same amount. In that case,
1/3 (1/5 + 1/4 + 1/3) = 47/180
Pardon me Mr. oobleck, the amounts were the same.
To calculate how much of the group's money Ollie has now, we need to add up the fractions of money given to him by each person.
We know that Mandy gave Ollie one-fifth of his money, Luke gave Ollie one-fourth of his money, and Nicholas gave Ollie one-third of his money.
To add fractions, we need to find the common denominator. In this case, the least common multiple (LCM) of 5, 4, and 3 is 60.
Now, let's calculate the fractions:
Mandy gave Ollie one-fifth of his money, which is equivalent to (1/5) * 60/60 = 12/60.
Luke gave Ollie one-fourth of his money, which is equivalent to (1/4) * 60/60 = 15/60.
Nicholas gave Ollie one-third of his money, which is equivalent to (1/3) * 60/60 = 20/60.
Finally, to find out how much of the group's money Ollie has now, we add up the fractions:
(12/60) + (15/60) + (20/60) = 47/60.
Therefore, Ollie has 47/60 of the group's money now.