Last updated at April 16, 2024 by Teachoo
Example 2 Sushant reads 1/3 part of a book in 1 hour. How much part of the book will he read in 2 1/5 hours?Part of book read in 1 hour = 1/3 Part of book read in 2 1/5 hours = = 1/3 × (2+1/5) = 1/3 × ((2 × 5 + 1)/5) = 1/3 × ((10 + 1)/5) = 𝟏/𝟑 × 𝟏𝟏/𝟓 = 𝟏𝟏/𝟏𝟓 ∴ 𝟏𝟏/𝟏𝟓 part is read.