Answer to Question #296141 in Algebra for Tina

Question

Thatobaked 25 muffins. He gave 3/25 of the muffins to his friend and 9/25 of the muffins to his sister.what fraction of the muffins is left?

Answer 1

Explanation & Calculations

• The math involved here has been made easy by making the denominator of each fraction equal to the total number of muffins.
• So you can simply think of the distribution as 3 out of 25 and 9 out of 25 and after all, (3+9 = ) 12 out of 25 muffins would have been distributed away.
• So, (25-12 = )13 muffins will be remaining after it.
• Therefore, the fraction of the remaining muffins is $\frac{13}{25}$