Moussa delivered 3/8 of the newspaper on his route in the 1st hour and 4/5 of the rest in the second hour. What fraction of the newspapers did Moussa deliver in the second hour?

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Jazmyn Jarvis

20 May, 07:26

Moussa delivered 3/8 of the newspaper on his route in the 1st hour and 4/5 of the rest in the second hour. What fraction of the newspapers did Moussa deliver in the second hour?

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Yair Huynh · Answer 1

To get the fraction of news papers delivered in the second hour we proceed as follows:

fraction delivered in the first hour=3/8

Remaining fraction is (1-3/8) = 5/8

Given that in the second hour he delivered 4/5 of 5/8, then the fraction delivered in the second hour will be:

4/5 of 5/8

=4/5*5/8

=1/2

He delivered 1/2 of the papers in the second hour.