Question

Faris Painted (5)/(12) of a fence, Ahmed painted (4)/(12) of the fence, how much did they paint altogether?

Answer 1

Faris and Ahmed painted (5/12) and (4/12) of a fence respectively. Adding these fractions, they painted a total of 9/12, which simplifies to 3/4 of the fence.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how much of the fence Faris and Ahmed painted altogether, you need to add the fractions that represent the parts of the fence they painted individually. Faris painted (5/12) of the fence and Ahmed painted (4/12) of the fence. When you add these two fractions together, making sure that the denominators are the same, you get:

(5/12) + (4/12) = (5 + 4)/12 = 9/12

To simplify the fraction, you divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 3. Therefore, 9/12 simplifies to:

9 ÷ 3 / 12 ÷ 3 = 3/4

So, Faris and Ahmed painted three-quarters of the fence altogether.

Answer 2

Faris and Ahmed painted (3/4) of the fence altogether.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how much of the fence Faris and Ahmed painted altogether, we need to find the sum of their individual fractions.

Faris painted (5/12) of the fence, and Ahmed painted (4/12) of the fence.

The fraction of the fence they painted together would be:

(5/12) + (4/12) = 9/12

To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 3:

(9/3)/(12/3) = 3/4