In a shipment of new books for a library, 5/12 of the books were poetry and 2/5 were bographies. The remainder of the books in the shipment were misteries. What fraction of the …

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Wei Lin · Answer 1 · 2019-01-20T04:35:54+0000

5/12 (poetry) + 2/5 (biographies)

= 25/60 + 24/60 =49/60

60/60 - 49/60=11/60

11/60 is the remiander of the books in the shipment