Question

A box in a college bookstore contains books, and each book in the box is a history book, an english book or a science book. if one-third of these books are history books and one-sixth are english books, what fraction of the books are science books? show work

Answer 1

Answer: 5/6 of the bookstore books is science books because 3/3 - 1/3 - 1/6 = 5/6 which is equals 2/3 an 1/6 left for the books is science

Answer 2

`(1)/(3) + (1)/(6) = \\ (2)/(6) + (1)/(6) = (3)/(6) \\ (6)/(6) - (3)/(6) = (3)/(6) or \: (1)/(2)`