Question

Samantha caught three fish this past weekend while fishing with her family. When she set all three fish on the scale, they weighed 5 1/3 pounds. If the first fish weighed 2 1/3 and second weighed 1 3/5 pounds, how much did the third fish weigh?

Answer 1

the third fish weighs 1 2/5 pounds

Explanation:

find common denominator for fraction which would be 15

fish 1=2 5/15

fish 2=1 9/15

fish1/2= 3 14/15

5 5/15- 3 14/15 =1 6/15

simplify to 1 2/5