Billy looks throught a holiday broshure at holiday in Spain, Greece , Iraku and the Uk.1/3 of the holiday in Spain1/6 in Greece1/8 in ItalyWhat fraction of the holiday advertised are in the uk

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Solution

Step1

Add all the given fractions:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{3}\text{ + }\frac{1}{6}\text{ + }\frac{1}{8} \\ \\ \frac{16+8+6}{48} \\ \\ \frac{30}{48} \\ \\ \frac{15}{24} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Step 2

Subtract 15/24 from 1 to find the holiday advertised are in the uk

[tex]\begin{gathered} 1\text{ - }\frac{15}{24} \\ \\ =\text{ }\frac{9}{24} \\ \\ =\frac{3}{8} \\ \end{gathered}[/tex]