A person spent 1/5 of his salary last year on household and 1/4 of the remainder on clothes. What fraction of last year’s salary did the person have left after his household and clothes expenditures?  Choose the most appropriate option
A) 2/3  B) 3/5  C) 2/6  D) 5/4  E) 1/2
The person spent 1/5 of his salary on household, so remaining is 4/5   1/4 of the remaining is spent is spent on clothes, 1/4*4/5 is 2/10   To make the denominator common, we use 10, so 1/5=2/10   Total amount spent=2/10+2/10=4/10 is the total amount spent on household and clothes   Remaining salary is 6/10 of the total salary reduced to 3/5   Answer is 3/5
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A person spent 1/5 of his salary last year on household and 1/4 of the remainder on clothes. What fraction of last year’s salary did the person have left after his household and clothes expenditures?