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    Question

    Ravish has read 4/5 of a book while Soma has read only

    5/8 of the book she is reading. Both, however, have another 120 pages of their respective books remaining to be read. What fraction of the number of pages read by Ravish has been read by Soma?
    A 5/12 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 7/12 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 25/32 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 1/2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Ravish has read 4/5 of a book. The remaining read of Ravish = (1-4/5) = 1/5 Soma has read-only of the book The remaining read of Soma = (1 - 5/8) = 3/8 Now, Total pages in Ravish's book 1/5 = 120 pages = 600 pages Total pages in Soma's book   3/8 = 120 =320 pages Now, The fraction of the number of pages read by Ravish has been read by Soma is (320 x 5/8)/ (600 × 4/5) = 200/480 =5/12

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