Question

In Mr. . Wright's DVD collection , 5/12 of the movies are comedies and 3/12 of the movies are documentaries . What fraction of his DVDs are either comedies or documentaries?

A. 2/3


B. 3/4


C.1/6


D.8/24

Answer 1

5/12 + the 3/12 of both movie types results in 8/12, which can be reduced (divided by 4/4) in both numerator and denominator to get 2/3 A)