Cora had 20 dollars to spend on 3 gifts she spent 11 1/4 dollars on the gift A and 3 4/5 dollars on gift B How much money did she have left for gift C

Amount left for gift C = dollars

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Amount Cora have to spent on gifts = $20

Amount spent on gift A = dollars

Amount spent on gift B = dollars

Amount spent on gift C = x

Total amount = Gift A + Gift B + Gift C

20 =

20 =

Dividing both sides by 20

Hence,

Amount left for gift C = dollars

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b