In a box of pencils , 1/8 of the pencils are blue and 5/8 of the pencils are green . The rest of the pencils are red . What fraction of the box of pencils is red ?

1/4

Step-by-step explanation:

the total amount of pencils in the box are

number of pencils that are blue are

number of pencils that are green are

number of pencils that are red is (x)

therefore an equation can be formed:

total number of pencils =  blue pencils + red pencils + green pencils

8/8  = 1/8  +  x  + 5/8

make x the subject of formula

x = 8/8  - 5/8  - 1/8

x = 2/8

simplified becomes x = 1/4

the central idea is that:

individuals should refuse to cooperate with institutions they believe unjust.

thoreau felt  that governments were more often agents of corruption than justice, even democracies, and that just because the majority feels a certain way does not make it just or correct in absolute terms. he uses the fact that slavery exists in our democracy to support this idea.

he goes on to say that, as a result, people should live true to their own internal laws regarding right and wrong, as a product of reflection and a moral life, rather than following every law that society imposes. 

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