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A bag of fruits was distributed among 4 students P, Q, R and S. P took 3/8th of the fruits. Q took 1/5th of the remaining fruits and the re…

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A bag of fruits was distributed among 4 students P, Q, R and S. P took 3/8th of the fruits. Q took 1/5th of the remaining fruits and the remaining fruits were equally distributed among R and S. What fraction of fruits did R get?

A1/4
B3/8
C1/8
D5/16

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CCommunity15 May 2019

Solution
Let P+Q+R+S = x where x is bag of fruits.

P = (3/8)x

Q = (1/5)*5x/8 = x/8

Let R and S be fraction by y.
Fruits with R and S = x -3x/8 - x/8 = x/2

SO fruits with R = x/4