Question

Melody and khaleef are starting new books in their literature classes.Melodys book has 265 pgs and khaleef book has 424 pgs.So far,Melody has read 2/5 of total pages in her book.What fraction of khaleef book must he read on prde5to read the same number of pgs as melody has read so far? Answer in simplest form

Answer 1

1/4

Explanation:

We want ...

... (Melody's fraction) × (Melody's pages) = (Khaleef's fraction) × (Khaleef's pages)

Filling in the numbers, this is ...

... (2/5)×265 = (Khaleef's fraction)×424

Dividing by 424, we have ...

... Khaleef's fraction = (2/5)×(265/464) = (2/5)×(5/8) = 2/8 = 1/4