An electrical company decides to replace the lightbulbs in all of the nonworking street lights on two specific streets. The company learns that 2/3 of the lights do not work on the first street and 1/6 of the lights do not work on the second street. What is the total fractional portion of the nonworking lights on these two streets?
The fraction of nonworking lights on the first street is 2/3, and the fraction of nonworking lights on the second street is 1/6.
To find the total fractional portion of nonworking lights on these two streets, we need to add these fractions together.
2/3 + 1/6
To add these fractions, we first need to find a common denominator. The common denominator of 3 and 6 is 6.
2/3 + 1/6 = (2 * 2)/(3 * 2) + 1/6 = 4/6 + 1/6 = 5/6
Therefore, the total fractional portion of the nonworking lights on these two streets is 5/6.
To find the total fractional portion of the nonworking lights on both streets, we need to add up the fractional portions for each street.
For the first street, 2/3 of the lights do not work. So the fractional portion of nonworking lights on the first street is 2/3.
For the second street, 1/6 of the lights do not work. So the fractional portion of nonworking lights on the second street is 1/6.
To find the total fractional portion, we add these two fractional portions:
2/3 + 1/6 = 4/6 + 1/6 = 5/6
Therefore, the total fractional portion of the nonworking lights on both streets is 5/6.
To find the total fractional portion of the nonworking lights on the two streets, we need to add together the fractions of nonworking lights on each street.
Let's start with the first street, where 2/3 of the lights do not work. To find the fraction of nonworking lights on the first street, we divide the number of nonworking lights by the total number of lights on that street.
So, let's assume there are x total lights on the first street. Then, (2/3) * x represents the number of nonworking lights on the first street.
Now let's move on to the second street, where 1/6 of the lights do not work. Similar to the first street, assume there are y total lights on the second street. Then, (1/6) * y represents the number of nonworking lights on the second street.
To find the total nonworking lights on both streets, we need to add the fractions for each street. So the total fraction of nonworking lights is:
(2/3) * x + (1/6) * y
Since we don't have the actual values of x and y, we cannot simplify the expression further or find the exact fraction. However, we can say that (2/3) * x + (1/6) * y is the total fractional portion of the nonworking lights on the two streets.