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Jonathan is making his favorite pasta dish his mom ate 2/7 of the pasta his brother ate 1/6 of the pasta how much did they eat in all.

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19/42
you have to add the fractions
2/7+1/7 their only common denomenator is 42 you get 12/42+7/42=19/42
User MMK
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Answer: Total part of pizza ate by both is
(19)/(42)

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Part of pizza ate by his mom is given by


(2)/(7)

Part of pizza ate by his brother is givebn by


(1)/(6)

total part of pizza ate by both of them is given by


(2)/(7)+(1)/(6)\\\\=(12+7)/(42)\\\\=(19)/(42)

Hence, total part of pizza ate by both is
(19)/(42)

User Krishna Savani
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