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Mrs. Jacobs uses 3/10 of her monthly pay for her house payment, 1/5 for groceries, and 1/10 for clothes. What fraction of Mrs. Jacobs’ monthly pay is used for these three expenses?
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Mrs. Jacobs uses 3/10 of her monthly pay for her house payment, 1/5 for groceries, and 1/10 for clothes. What fraction of Mrs. Jacobs’ monthly pay is used for these three expenses?

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You just need to convert the 1/5 into 10 on the denominator to calculate and then add it up.

So 3/10 + 2/10 (same as 1/5) + 1/10 = 6/10
Or 3/5. Mrs jacobs uses 3/5 of her pay on these 3 monthly expenses
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