Question

in the month of July 3/8 of the shoes that were sold at the Houston of style footwear were sandals and 1/16 were clogs. what fraction of the shoes where either sandals or clogs?​

Answer 1

7/16 of the shoes were either sandals or clogs.

Explanation:

Find a CD, which is 16.

Because we multiplied the denominator, we multiply the numerator as well.

3/8 becomes 6/16.

Now, because both of the denominators are the same, we are free to add both of the fractions together.

6/16 + 1/16 = 7/16.

Because this fraction isn't reducible, the answer will be 7/16.