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000Modeling Real Life A group of students designs a rectangular playground. They use 2 / 8 of the playground for a basketball court andthe 3/8 playground for a soccer field. How much space is left?

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\begin{gathered} \text{ Since all playground represents 1entire playground, the space left is} \\ 1-(2)/(8)-(3)/(8)=\text{ }1-(5)/(8) \\ \\ =(8-5)/(8) \\ =(3)/(8) \end{gathered}

The space left is 3/8

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