The Freeman family is barbecuing veggie burgers, corn cobs, and mushroom caps in their local park. If 3/8 of the items barbecued are veggie burgers, and 1/3 of the items barbecued are corn cobs, what fraction of barbecued items are mushroom caps?
A : 17/24
B : 4/11
C : 3/8
D : 1/8
E: 7/24

The answer is E: 7/24ths

Step-by-step explanation:

To figure this problem out you must first change 3/8 and 1/3 to have the same denominator. you can do this by multiplying 3/8 by 3 and 1/3 by 8 which gives you 3/8 = 9/24 and 1/3 = 8/24.

next you need to add these two fractions together to find the difference so 9/24 + 8/24 which equals 17/24.

the last step is to find the missing amount which can be done by subtracting 17 from 24. 24-17 = 7 so your answer is 7/24.