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Example Question #1491 : Act Math
On Friday night, Maria sells of her stock of apples. On Saturday, she sells of the remaining apples. What fraction of her original stock of apples does Maria have left for sale on Sunday?
Friday: apples sold
Saturday: This means that of her stock is remaining at this point.
of her stock of apples was sold on Saturday.
By the end of Saturday, of her stock has been sold . If of her stock has been sold, remains to be sold on Sunday.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Fractions
Michael Phelps’ workout program consists of Aerobics, Bench Presses, and Cycling. Aerobics and Bench Presses take a total of 24 minutes, Bench Press and Cycling take a total of 40 minutes, and the entire workout takes a total of 56 minutes. How many minutes are required for the Bench Press portion of his workout?
8 minutes
40 minutes
4 minutes
16 minutes
32 minutes
8 minutes
To find your answer, we would use substitution within a system of equations. If (A+B) +C = 56, we can replace (A+B )= 24 to get (24) + C = 56, Thus making C = 32. Then we can replace C with 32 in the equation B+C = 40, thus making B + (32) = 40 to get an answer of 8.