Billy had 24 trading cards. He gave 7 of his cards to Miko and 9 of his cards to Teri. What fraction of his originai 24 cards does Billy have left?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-01T22:06:47

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Billy gave away: #7 + 9 = 16# cards.

Bill has #24 - 16 = 8# cards left.

Bill has #8/24 = 8/(8 xx 3) = (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(8)))1)/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(8))) xx 3) = 1/3# of the original 24 cards left.