Question

Write an expression using rational Numbers to represent the problem, then calculate... Can anyone show me how I should do this?

Answer 1

What's the question?

Answer 2

mark has 24 news papers to deliver. in one appartment building he delivers 3/8 of the,. in the next appt he delivers 2/3 of the remaining amount . how many does he have left to deliver... i can figure the qustion out but i am not sure how to show it on my paper

Answer 3

3/8 of the what?

Answer 4

news
papers

Answer 5

in the first apartment he delivers 3/8 of the newspapers so \[24 \times \frac 38\]
so what's left of that is \[24 \times \frac 58\]
he delivers 2/3 of that to the second apartment so..
\[24 \times \frac 58 \times \frac 23\]
so the remaining would be \[24 \times \frac 58 \times \frac 13\]
got it?