Question

About 1/10 of the bones in your body are in your skull. Your hands have about 1/4 of the bones in your body. What fraction of the bones in your body are in your body are in your hands and skull? Simplify, if necessary.

Answer 1

The raction of bones in skull and hands is
`(7)/(20)`

Explanation:

The fraction of bones in skull and hands is obtained by adding both fractions:

`(1)/(10) +(1)/(4) =(2)/(20) +(5)/(20)=(7)/(20)`