Mary Beth has a bag of 3 different types of candies. The fractions of two types of candies in the bag are listed below.
Candies that have nuts 59/100
Candies that have caramel 2/10
The rest of the candies in the bag have chocolate. What fraction of the candies in Mary Beth's bag have either nuts or caramel?
61/110
61/100
79/110
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nuts or caramel= nuts+caramel
this is 59/100 + 2/10
since 100 is LCM 2/10 = 2*10/10*10 = 20/100
59/100 + 20/100 = 59+20 = 79/100
so i think the last choice was typed incorrectly
this is 59/100 + 2/10
since 100 is LCM 2/10 = 2*10/10*10 = 20/100
59/100 + 20/100 = 59+20 = 79/100
so i think the last choice was typed incorrectly
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