Respuesta :
[tex]\frac{5}{24}[/tex]
Explanation
Step 1
let the fractions
[tex]\begin{gathered} Food\text{ }\frac{\text{1}}{3} \\ \text{ Housing }\frac{\text{1}}{3} \\ \text{Medical care }\frac{1}{4} \\ \text{ maintenance= M ( unknown)} \end{gathered}[/tex]so
a)This year the managers of the farm will change the fraction for the budget for housing to 1/8
so
[tex]\begin{gathered} Food\text{ }\frac{\text{1}}{3} \\ \text{ Housing }\frac{\text{1}}{8} \\ \text{Medical care }\frac{1}{4} \\ \text{ maintenance= M ( unknown)} \end{gathered}[/tex]b) hence,the total budget is
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{past year= Operatingbudget= food+housidn +Medical care+maintenance} \\ \text{replace} \\ past\text{ year= }\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{4}+m \\ past\text{ year=}\frac{11}{12}+m \end{gathered}[/tex]this year
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{past year= Operatingbudget= food+housidn +Medical care+maintenance} \\ \text{replace} \\ thisyear\text{= }\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{4}+m \\ thisyear\text{=}\frac{17}{24}+m \end{gathered}[/tex]Step 2
find the fractions for maintenance on each year:
as we are using fraction of the total budget, we need to set the sum of the fractions equals 1, hence
a) past year
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{total = 1, so} \\ past\text{ year=}\frac{11}{12}+m=1 \\ m=1-\frac{11}{12} \\ m=\text{ }\frac{1}{12} \end{gathered}[/tex]b) this year
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{total = 1, so} \\ this\text{year=}\frac{17}{24}+m=1 \\ m=1-\frac{17}{24} \\ m=\text{ }\frac{7}{24} \end{gathered}[/tex]Step 3
now, find the difference
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{difference =}\frac{7}{24}-\frac{1}{12} \\ \text{difference =}\frac{5}{24} \end{gathered}[/tex]therefore, the answer is 5/24
I hope this helps you
