Question

sandy made 8 friendship bracelets. she gave 1/8 to her best friend and 5/8 to her friends on the tennis team. write and solve an equation to find the fraction of her bracelets, b , sandy gave away1

Answer 1

(3/4)b

Step-by-step explanation:

• Fraction given to her best friend = 1/8

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• Fraction given to her friends on the tennis team = 5/8

To calculate the total proportion of the bracelet she gave away, we add:

`\begin{gathered} ((1)/(8)+(5)/(8))b \\ =(6)/(8)b \\ =(3*2)/(4*2)b \end{gathered}`

Reducing the fraction to its lowest form by canceling out 2 gives:

`=(3)/(4)b`