8. Adam the Ant started at the left-hand end of a pole and crawled $\frac{2}{3}$ of its length. Benny the Beetle started at the right-hand end of the same pole and crawled $\frac{3}{4}$ of its length. What fraction of the length of the pole are Adam and Benny now apart?

A $\frac{3}{8}$
B $\frac{1}{12}$
C $\frac{5}{7}$
D $\frac{1}{2}$
E $\frac{5}{12}$
8. E Adam the Ant has crawled $\frac{2}{3}$ of the length of the pole and so is $\frac{1}{3}$ of the length of the pole from the right-hand end. Benny the Beetle has crawled $\frac{3}{4}$ of the length of the pole and so is $\frac{1}{4}$ of the length of the pole from the left-hand end. Hence the fraction of the length of the pole that Adam and Benny are apart is $\left(1-\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{4}\right)=\frac{5}{12}$.