pierre bounce a ball for 1/3 of his recess time he threw the ball in the air and caught it 3/6 of the time he carrie it the rest of the time what fraction of his recess time did he carrie the ball

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Answer:  [tex]\frac{5}{6}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's call the  time he carried the ball: t

You know that he bounced the  ball for 1/3 of his recess.

You also know that he threw the ball in the air and caught it 3/6 of the time.

Therefore, to solve the exercise you only need to add both fractions, as you can see below. Therefore, the result is:

[tex]t=[/tex][tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex]+[tex]\frac{3}{6}[/tex]

[tex]t=[/tex][tex]\frac{5}{6}[/tex]

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