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Answer 1 · 2017-05-26T03:35:25

The school will have #3/8# of the playground left for the basketball court.

Take all the values and add it together. Then subtract the sum by #1#:

#1-(3/8+1/4)#

Write everything in a common denominator. The common denominator, in this case, is #8#. Multiply #1# by #8/8# and #1/4# by #2/2#:

#1(8/8)-((3/8)+(1/4)(2/2)#

This becomes:

#8/8-(3/8+2/8)#

Now we can do the arithmetic without having to worry about the denominator:

#8/8-(3/8+2/8)=8/8-5/8=3/8#

So the school will have #3/8# of the playground left for the basketball court.