Of the hats in Chad's Hat Shop, $\frac{1}{10}$ are yellow and another $\frac{1}{10}$ are pink. What fraction of the hats are either yellow or pink? $\newline$ Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. $\newline$ $\_\_\_\_\_$ of the hats

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Q. Of the hats in Chad's Hat Shop,

\frac{1}{10}

are yellow and another

\frac{1}{10}

are pink. What fraction of the hats are either yellow or pink?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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\_\_\_\_\_

of the hats

Identify fractions: Identify the fractions of yellow and pink hats. $\newline$ Yellow hats = $\frac{1}{10}$ , Pink hats = $\frac{1}{10}$ $\newline$ Add these fractions to find the total fraction of hats that are either yellow or pink. $\newline$ $\frac{1}{10} + \frac{1}{10} = \frac{2}{10}$
Add fractions: Simplify the fraction obtained in Step $1$ . $\newline$ $\frac{2}{10}$ can be simplified by dividing the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is $2$ . $\newline$ $\frac{2}{10} \div \frac{2}{2} = \frac{1}{5}$