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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 1/3 of these books are history books and 1/6 are english books, what fraction
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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 1/3 of these books are history books and 1/6 are english books, what fraction of these books are science books?

A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 2/3
D. 3/4

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B- 1/2 the books are science books. You have to add the two fractions and subtract that from one.
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