what is the answer?

8/30 (Simplified 4/15)

Step-by-step explanation:

Find common denominators. Note the what you do to the denominator, you do to the numerator.

Multiply 10 to both the denominator & numerator of 2/3, and multiply 3 to both the denominator & numerator of 4/10

(10/10)(2/3) - (3/3)(4/10)

Simplify.

(20/30) - (12/30)

Simplify. Combine the terms

(20/30) - (12/30) = (20 - 12)/30 = 8/30

Simplify the fraction

(8/30)/(2/2) = 4/15

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step-by-step explanation:

12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 7 hours.

4: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 3 hours.

this means that from 4: 00 p.m to 7: 00 p.m. this represents 3/7 of what was lost from 12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m.

after knowing this, after doing 11,600 - 6,800 = 4,800

4,800 represents 3/7 of what was lost for 7 hours.

we then divide 4,800 by 3 which gets 1,600.

because we know that 1,600 represents 1/7 of how much water was lost, we just have to multiply by 7, which gets 11,200.   after adding 11,200 to how much water was left at 7: 00 p.m. which was 6,800. 11,200 + 6,800 = 18,000

this means that the pool originally had 18,000 gallons in the pool.

you can also check your work by doing 18,000 - 4(1600), which becomes           1800 - 6400 which gets you 11,600.

the answer is 99.