Question

luna mixes 3/4 cup of a orange juice with 3/8 cup of a cranberry juice she gives 5/8 cup of the juice to mags how much is left in Lunas glass

Answer 1

1/2 cup

Explanation:

The amount remaining is ...

(3/4) +(3/8) -(5/8) = (3/4) +(3/8 -5/8) = 3/4 -2/8

= 3/4 -1/4 = 2/4

= 1/2

1/2 cup is left in Luna's glass.

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We have reduced the fractions in the above as follows:

2/8 = 1/4

2/4 = 1/2