Question

Santa ate 3/7 of the candies, & Mrs. Claus ate 2/7 of them. What part of the candies has been eaten?

Answer 1

According to the problem, we have that:

Santa ate 3/7 of candies

and

Mrs. Claus ate 2/7 of the same candies.

Then the total part of the candies consumed by both is:

`(3)/(7)+(2)/(7)=(5)/(7)`

this means that both have consumed 5/7 of the total candies.

So that, we can conclude that the correct answer is:

`(5)/(7)`