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salvador sold hats during a weekend sporting event on Saturday salvador sold 4/7 of the total number of hats on Sunday he sold 1/4 of the total number of hats what fraction of the total number of hats was left over

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To determine what fraction of the total number of hats was left over, we need to subtract the total fraction (7/7) from the hats sold:


\begin{gathered} (7)/(7)-(4)/(7)-((1)/(4)\cdot(1.75)/(1.75))=(7)/(7)-(4)/(7)-(1.75)/(7) \\ \text{Total hats left=}(1.25)/(7) \end{gathered}

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