SOLUTION: 2/5 instruments are brass, 1/3 are percussion, the rest are wood winds? A) what fraction is wood winds? 4/15??? B) 1/2 of wood winds are clarinets, what fraction of the band

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Question 903177: 2/5 instruments are brass, 1/3 are percussion, the rest are wood winds?
A) what fraction is wood winds? 4/15???
B) 1/2 of wood winds are clarinets, what fraction of the band is clarinets? 2/15???
C) 1/8 of the brass are tubas. If there are 240 instruments in the band how many are tubas?

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2/5 instruments are brass, 1/3 are percussion, the rest are wood winds?
A) what fraction is wood winds? 4/15??? That's correct.
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B) 1/2 of wood winds are clarinets, what fraction of the band is clarinets? 2/15???
Also correct.
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C) 1/8 of the brass are tubas. If there are 240 instruments in the band how many are tubas?
240*(2/5) = 96 brass
96/8 = 12 tubas

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