Three investors own a company. One partner owns 1/4 of the company, while the second partner owns 2/5 of the company. How much does the third partner own?

First, let's get a common denominator in the two fractions that we are given.

[tex] \frac{1}{4} = \frac{5}{20} [/tex]

[tex] \frac{2}{5} = \frac{8}{20} [/tex]

Add the two and you get [tex] \frac{13}{20} [/tex]

Therefore, [tex] \frac{7}{20} [/tex] is remaining and that is how much the third partner owns.

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fussellk fussellk · Answer 2 · 2017-06-14T00:50:36+02:00

fussellk fussellk

14-06-2017

first you have to add 1/4 + 2/5 by finding a common denominator.
so you end up with:
13/20

Then subtract that from 20/20 (which is 1)
and get 7/20 as your answer

hope this helps

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