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Fred has 30 minutes to do a three-problem quiz. He spent 10 7/10 minutes on question a and 5 2/5 minutes on question b. How much time did he have left for question c?

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Answer:Fred has 13 9/10 minutes left for question C

Explanation:

The total time that Fred has to do the three-problem quiz is 30 minutes.

He spent 10 7/10 minutes on question A. Converting 10 7/10 minutes to improper fraction, it becomes 107/10 minutes.

He spent 5 2/5 minutes on question B. Converting 5 2/5 minutes to improper fraction, it becomes 27/5 minutes.

Total time that Fred spent on question A and question B is

107/10 + 27/5 = (107 + 54)/10

= 161/10 minutes.

The amount of time that he has left for question C would be

30 - 161/10 = (300 - 161)/10 = 139/10

= 13 9/10 minutes

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