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Jeff spends half of his paycheck he gives 1/3 of the remaining money to the charity and put the rest in the bank what fraction does he put in the bank

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Jeff put 1/6 into his bank. You first make the fractions into common denominators. The nearest number that works would be 15. 1/3 changes into 5/15, 1/2 becomes 7.5/15.

7.5/15 + 5/15 is 12.5/15. Simplified is 5/6.

6/6 minus 5/6 gives you 1/6, therefore the answer is 1/6. Hope this helps!
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