please can anyone help me to gget the answer of this question,please help me solve thie word problem below is the question......Snow spent 5/8 of her money on books and another 1/6 of her money on stationeries. What fraction of Kathy’s money was left?
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5/8+1/6=?
fraction left = 1-fraction above
To find the fraction of Kathy's money that was left, we need to know more information about the relationship between Snow and Kathy's money. If we assume that Snow and Kathy had the same amount of money at the beginning, we can calculate the fraction left after Snow's expenditures.
Let's go step by step:
1. Assume both Snow and Kathy had the same amount of money at the beginning. Let's represent this amount as "x".
2. Snow spent 5/8 of her money on books. Since we assumed she had the same amount as Kathy, Snow spent (5/8) * x.
3. Snow then spent another 1/6 of her money on stationeries. Again, assuming she had the same amount as Kathy, she spent (1/6) * x.
4. Adding up both the amounts Snow spent, we have (5/8) * x + (1/6) * x.
5. To find the fraction of Kathy's money that was left, we need to subtract Snow's expenditures from the initial amount of money (x). So, the fraction left is given by (x - [(5/8) * x + (1/6) * x]) / x.
6. Simplifying the fraction, we have (x - (40/48) * x - (8/48) * x) / x. Simplifying further, we get ((48/48 - 48/48) * x) / x, which becomes 0x / x.
Since there is no value for x provided in the question, we cannot determine the exact fraction of Kathy's money that was left. However, we know that the fraction left would be 0, indicating that all of Kathy's money was spent by Snow.