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You have to write 1/2 page for an assignment. You write 1/5 page. How many pages do you have left to write ?

User Annakaye
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To find the number of missing pages:


(1)/(2)-(1)/(5)=

rewriting the expression as homogeneous fractions:


(1)/(2)*(5)/(5)-(1)/(5)*(2)/(2)=

simplifying it:


(5)/(10)-(2)/(10)=(3)/(10)

ANSWER

you have left 3/10 page.

User ErichBSchulz
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