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  • Oct 27, 2008, 11:27 AM
    sha8ba
    How much money does he have left
    Biff earned $45 working at happy days drive-in he spent 1/3 of this money on gas for his car and 1/5 of it on flowers for his girl friend how much money does he have left for the big date
  • Oct 31, 2008, 02:17 AM
    Unknown008

    Could you use punctuations? Those would help a lot.

    Ok, you need to find how much money he is left. One method is to find how much money he spent;

    $45 at first, spent 1/3 of it, then 1/5 of it.

    How much is 1/3?
    1/3 * $45 = $15

    How much is 1/5?
    1/5 * $45 = $9

    Total money spent = 9 + 15 = $24
    So, money left = 45 - 24 = $21

    The second method is finding the fraction he is left;

    'Fractions' he used = 1/3 + 1/5 = 8/15
    So, fraction left = 1 - 8/15 = 7/15
    Hence, money left = 7/15 * 45 = $21

    Hope it helped!

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