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He spends 3/5 of his money on a new football

He spends 3/5 of his money on a new football-example-1
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John spends 3/5 of his money on a new football and more money on candy.

What fraction is reasonable for the amount of money left.

Since 3/5 was spent,

The answer is 1/6.

Since 6/5 > 1, he can't have more money after spending less.

Since 3/5 > 1/2. He can't have 1/2 remaining

Since 2/5 = 1 - 3/5. This means that nothing was spent on candy. Thus this is not possinle.

Thus, the reasonable amount of money left is ;


(1)/(6)

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