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In his new living room, Kirk installed carpeting on 1/2 of the floor and tile on another 1/4 of the floor. What fraction of the floor is now covered by either carpet or tile?

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Glad that the carpet and the tiles aren't overlapped, that'd be harder... and is a bad design.

so 1/2 = 2/4
2/4 + 1/4 (carpet + tile) = 3/4

It seems like 3/4, or three quarters, of the floor is now covered by carpet or tile!
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