Luis and Glen share a 16-ounce bucket of clay. By the end of the week, Luis has used 5 8 of the bucket, and Glen has used 1 4 of the bucket of clay. How many ounces are left in the bucket?
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Luis and Glen share a 16-ounce bucket of clay.
By the end of the week, Luis has used 5/8 of the bucket, and Glen has used 1/4 of the bucket of clay.
The total number of ounce buckets of clay is =16, let the buckets be x or clay is y.
Luis used the buckets are used=16*5/8=10
glen used the buckets are used=16*¼=4
We let the total ounce in the bucket =10+4=14, so the ounce left in the bucket are=-16 -14=2 ounces are left in the bucket.