Question

Edison delivers

1/5 of the newspapers in the neighborhood, and Anita
delivers 1/2 of them. after edison and antia deliver the newspaper, what fraction of the newspaper remain

Answer 1

the fraction of the newspaper remains is
`(3)/(10)`

Explanation:

The computation of the fraction of the newspaper remains is shown below:

`= (1)/(2) - (1)/(5) \\\\= (5 - 2)/(10) \\\\= (3)/(10)`

Hence, the fraction of the newspaper remains is
`(3)/(10)`

we simply deduct these two fractions so that the remaining fractions could come