Question

Jenny and Hanan are collecting clothes for a clothing drive. Hanan collected 1/2 as many bags of clothes as Jenny did. If Jenny collected 3/ 4 of a bag of clothes, what portion of a bag of clothes did Hanan collect?

Answer 1

Hanan collect
`(3)/(8)` of a bag of clothes

Explanation:

Let

x ------> amount of clothing bag that Jenny collected

y ------> amount of clothing bag that Hanan collected

we know that

`y=(1)/(2)x` -----> equation A

`x=(3)/(4)` -----> equation B

Substitute equation B in equation A

`y=(1)/(2)((3)/(4))`

`y=(3)/(8)`

therefore

Hanan collect
`(3)/(8)` of a bag of clothes