Question

Of the smoothies sold yesterday at Marlins smoothie shop, 5/6 were banana and another 1/12 were strawberry . What fraction of the smoothies sold were either banana or strawberry

Answer 1

The fraction of smoothies sold were either banana or strawberry is
`(11)/(12).`

Explanation:

Given:

Of the smoothies sold yesterday at Marlins smoothie shop, 5/6 were banana and another 1/12 were strawberry.

Now, to find the fraction of the smoothies sold were either banana or strawberry.

Fraction of smoothie were of banana =
`(5)/(6) .`

Fraction of smoothie were of strawberry =
`(1)/(12) .`

Now, to get the fraction smoothies sold were either banana or strawberry by adding both the fractions of banana and strawberry:

`(5)/(6) +(1)/(12) \\\\=(10+1)/(12) \\\\=(11)/(12)`

Therefore, the fraction of smoothies sold were either banana or strawberry is
`(11)/(12).`