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Maria spends 9/10 juan spends 2/6 how much more did maria spend then juan

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Answer:

17/30 more

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how much more Maria spent than Juan, we subtract the amount Juan spent from the amount Maria spent.

amount Maria spent = 9/10

amount Juan spent = 2/6

the difference is


(9)/(10)-(2)/(6)

to perform the above subtraction, we find the common denominators of the fractions. The common denominator is 60.


(9\cdot6)/(10\cdot6)-(2\cdot10)/(6\cdot10)
=(54)/(60)-(20)/(60)
=(34)/(60)\text{.}

We reduce the above fraction by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by 2


(34/2)/(60/2)=(17)/(30)

Hence our final answer is 17/30.

Thus we conclude that Maria spent 17/30 more than Juan.

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