3/5 of students wore blue shirts and 1/4 of students wore white shirts what fraction wore either a blue shirt or a white shirt?

85 is how many people in total wore blue and white shirts

3/5=60

1/4=25

60 + 25=85

step-by-step explanation:

we are given

since, we have to isolate x on anyone side

so, we can move all x terms on one side

subtract both sides by 2x

add both sides by 9

divide both sides by 4

we get

fist on the left goes with the third on the right. second on the left goes with the fourth on the right. third on the left goes with the second on the right. the fourth on the left goes with first on the right