The Freeman family is barbecuing veggie burgers, corn cobs, and mushroom caps in their local park. If 3/8 of the items barbecued are veggie burgers, and 1/3 of the items barbecued are corn cobs, what fraction of barbecued items are mushroom caps?
A : 17/24
B : 4/11
C : 3/8
D : 1/8
E: 7/24

The answer is E: 7/24ths

Step-by-step explanation:

To figure this problem out you must first change 3/8 and 1/3 to have the same denominator. you can do this by multiplying 3/8 by 3 and 1/3 by 8 which gives you 3/8 = 9/24 and 1/3 = 8/24.

next you need to add these two fractions together to find the difference so 9/24 + 8/24 which equals 17/24.

the last step is to find the missing amount which can be done by subtracting 17 from 24. 24-17 = 7 so your answer is 7/24.

not enough information

step-by-step explanation:

we cannot know this, because the other students could have handed out 10 flyers, or they could have handed out 100. one way, the mean would go up, and another way, the mean would go down.

the ratio of white tiles to blue tiles is 48: 16. the ratio in it's simplest form is 3: 1.

step-by-step explanation:

ratio: take the first number and add a colon next to it, then add the second number after that. make sure the ratio order matches up with the written problem!

simplest form: we can simplify the ratio 48 : 16 by dividing both terms by the greatest common factor (gcf).

the gcf of 48 and 16 is 16.

divide both terms by 16:

48 ÷ 16 = 3

16 ÷ 16 = 1

reducing to simplest form:

48 : 16 = 3 : 1