Question

In a chalk-box, the ratio of the number of blue chalk pieces to the number of red chalk pieces to the all chalk pieces is 2 : 1 : 8. What fraction of the chalk pieces in the box are neither blue nor red? (Write your answer as a fraction in the lowest form.)​

Answer 1

$\huge{\boxed{\boxed{\bf\color{magenta}{\dfrac{\bf\color{blue}{5}}{\bf\color{green}{8}}}}}}$

$\tt{\underline{Step-by-step~Explanation}}$

The amount of red chalk takes $\dfrac{1}{8}$ of the total.

The amount of blue chalk takes $\dfrac{2}{8}$ of the total.

Both of them take $\dfrac{3}{8}$ of the total, and we expect the total fraction as 1. The fraction of the chalk, which is neither red nor blue, is $\dfrac{5}{8}$

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Answer 2

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