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prealgebra intermediate
Problem
Two friends are playing tic-tac-toe. If Amy wins of the time, Lily wins of the time, and they tie the rest of the time, then what fraction of the time do they tie?
Solution
We first find the fraction of the time that either Amy or Lily wins by adding . Since the least common multiple of and is , we write and , so our sum is: Since they tie the rest of the time, to find the fraction of the time that they tie, we need to subtract this fraction from . We know that , so we have that Therefore, Amy and Lily must tie of the time.
Final answer
\frac{13}{40}