Question

You eat 3/10 of a coconut. Your friend eats 1/5 of the coconut. What fraction of the coconut do you and your friend eat. Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

Remark

Just add the two fractions together.

Givens

You eat 3/10 of a coconut

Your friend eats 1/5 of a coconut.

Solution

3/10 + 1/5 =

3/10 + 2/10

5/10 is what has been eaten.

That's 1/2 a Coconut.