Your dogs water bowl is (3)/(4) full after taking a drink the water bowl is (1)/(3) full what fraction of the bowl did your dog drink

Question

Your dogs water bowl is


`(3)/(4)`
full after taking a drink the water bowl is

`(1)/(3)`
full what fraction of the bowl did your dog drink

Answer 1

You must get the lowest common denominator which in this case is 12 which makes it 9/12 - 4/12 leaving it 5/12 full