c Cathy spent 3/4 of her pocket money. If she spent 1/3 of it for a movie, 1/6 for books and the rest for a dress, what part of her pocket money ...

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tkhunny · Answer

Please name the amount of money in the pocket.  "P" is popular for pocket money.

anonymous · Answer

So it will be 3/4p- (1/3p + 1/6p )

tkhunny · Answer

See how nicely and immediately that starts to work, just as soon as you NAME what you need.?!

The expression you have written should give you the portion of pocket money spend on the dress.  Was that the question?

anonymous · Answer

The question is what part of her pocket money did she spend on her dress 
I got 1/4p but the answer in my book is 3/8