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PLEASE HELP IM STUCK ON THIS QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE HELP IM STUCK ON THIS QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!-example-1
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Explanation:

come on now :

how many wholes are in a whole ? 1

how many halves are in a whole ? 2

how many thirds are in a whole ? 3

how many fourths are in a whole ? 4

how many fifths are in a whole ? 5

how many sixths are in a whole ? 6

and so on and so on.

so, when we see

1 4/5

we see one whole and four fifths.

how many fifths are in that whole ? 5

and we have 4 extra fifths.

that gives us 5 + 4 = 9 fifths

so, Eric has at the beginning

9/5 pounds.

then he uses 3/5 of a pound (three fifths) for the bird feeders on his porch.

that leaves him with

9/5 - 3/5 = 6/5 = 1 1/5 pounds

of birdseed.

FYI : as you can see, we did not even have to bother with the whole.

it was originally

1 4/5, and we removed 3/5 from that. that is less than the extra amount beyond the whole pound.

so, we can simply remove these 3/5 from the extra 4/5 :

4/5 - 3/5 = 1/5

and together with the untouched whole pound we get as remaining amount

1 1/5 pound

it is really that simple.

is there anything you still don't understand ?

please let me know, so that I can help you more with these details.

User Cmlonder
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1 (4)/(5) - (3)/(5) = (9)/(5) - (3)/(5) \\ = (6)/(5) \\ = 1 (1)/(5)


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