Given:
In a box of chocolates, 1/5 are plain chocolate, 1/3 are white chocolate and the rest are milk chocolate.
To find:
The fraction of the box of chocolates is milk chocolate.
Explanation:
The whole part is 1.
The fraction part of milk chocolates will be,
[tex]\begin{gathered} 1-\frac{1}{5}-\frac{1}{3}=\frac{1\times15}{1\times15}-\frac{1\times3}{5\times3}-\frac{1\times5}{3\times5} \\ =\frac{15}{15}-\frac{3}{15}-\frac{5}{15} \\ =\frac{15-3-5}{15} \\ =\frac{7}{15} \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the fraction of the box of chocolates is milk chocolate is,
[tex]\frac{7}{15}[/tex]Final answer:
The fraction of the box of chocolates is milk chocolate is,
[tex]\frac{7}{15}[/tex]
