Miranda has 5/8 of a yard of ribbon. if she used 1/3 of it to make a hair bow, how much ribbon would she have left. PLEASE HELP ME ILL GIVE U BRAINLIEST RIGHT AWAY THXS HELPPPPPP

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Nem · Answer

textsf {Finding the LCM of the 2 quantities :}   implies  mathsf {3  times 8}   implies  mathsf {LCM = 24}     textsf {Now, take the given quantites with our LCM as the denominator}   textsf {and subtract used value from the total :}   implies  mathsf { frac{5}{8} -  frac{1}{3}  times  frac{5}{8}}   implies  mathsf { frac{15}{24} -  frac{5}{24}}   implies  mathsf { frac{10}{24} =  frac{5}{12}}     textsf {Therefore, Miranda will have}   mathsf { frac{5}{12}}  textsf {of the ribbon left. }

Farah · Answer

Answer: 5/12      Step-by-step explanation:   Step 1   Whenever you have something OF  something, you just mulltiply.    1/3 of  5/8=        1/3x5/8      5/24      She used 5/24, and started with 5/8        5/8-5/24= 5/12  left

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