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How much of the circle is shaded? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

How much of the circle is shaded? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form-example-1

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Answer:

3/8

Explanation:

In these type of problems, I like making all of my denominators the same.

1/8 is good.

1/2 is half. 4/8 is also half. I'll use 4/8 because 1/8 also has the 8

A whole circle is 100%, which is 1/1. It's also 8/8

To find the shaded area, we'll first add 1/8 and 4/8. That equals 5/8. We just have to add nominators/top now because the denominator/bottom is the same

Now we'll subtract 8/8 from 5/8. Again denominator is the same, so we only need to subtract the top

8-5=3

Also known as 3/8

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