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  • 03-07-2018
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Boris had 2/3 of a book left to read.He read 1/6 of the book today.What fraction of the book does he have left to read

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carlosego
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  • 12-07-2018

To solve this problem you must apply the proccedure shown below:

1. You have that Boris had [tex] 2/3 [/tex]of a book left to read and he read [tex] 1/6 [/tex] of the book today.

2. Kepping this on mind, you must substract both fractions, as following:

[tex] =2/3-1/6\\ =1/2 [/tex]

3. Therefore, the answer is: Boris has [tex] 1/2 [/tex] of the book left to read.

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