Question

On Friday, 3/10 of the students were wearing white shirts and 5/12 of the students were wearing blue shirts. What fraction of the students were wearing either a white shirt or a blue shirt?

Answer 1

`(43)/(60)`

Explanation:

The computation of the fractions of the students wearing either a white shirt or blue shirt is as follows:

`= (3)/(10) + (5)/(12)\\\\= (18 + 25)/(60) \\\\= (43)/(60)`

Hence, the fractions of the students wearing either a white shirt or blue shirt is
`(43)/(60)`