Question

In a certain bag of candies, 2/5 of the candies are grape flavored and 3/10 are lemon flavored. What fraction of the candies is either grape flavored or lemon flavored?

A. 1/10
B. 2/3
C. 7/10

Answer 1

7/10.
convert 2/5 to 4/10 multiplying both by two and add the two numerators. 4 +3 and get 7. That makes 7/10.