(1) At the local nursery, 1/2 of the plants for sale are flowers and another 1/10 of them are bushes. What fraction of the plants for sale are either flowers or bushes?

6/10

Step-by-step explanation:

Look at is a whole. Half the plants are flowers, and just a few are bushes. That leaves other plants that are neither.

We can find a total amount of plants that are either flowers or bushes by combining the two.

Because 1/2 and 1/10 are not currently combinable, you must find a common denominator. This common denominator is 10. If you multiply 2 by 5, you'll get 10.

This means that 6/10 of the whole number of plants are either flowers or bushes. You could also say it means that 4/10 of the plants are something other than flowers or bushes.

I hope this helped :)

Larger Number: 29

Smaller Number: 15

Step-by-step explanation:

By assigning the letters "L" and "S", to the larger number and smaller number respectively, we can solve this using simultaneous equations:

L+S = 44

L-14 = S

By substituting S = L-14 into the first equation, we get:

L+L-14 = 44 (add 14 to both sides)

L+L = 58 ( divide by 2 as L+L becomes 2L)

L=29

When L= 29, S= 29-14 which is 15