SOLUTION: At the class party one third of the students play soccer. The rest of the class plays basketball. What fraction of the class plays basketball?

Question 1003852: At the class party one third of the students play soccer. The rest of the class plays basketball. What fraction of the class plays basketball?
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, Boreal:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the fraction of the students in class that play soccer be and the fraction of the students in class that play basketball be
then,
if at the class party of the students play soccer,

so, of the class plays basketball
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is 1-(1/3)
1=(3/3)
(3/3)-(1/3)=(2/3), which is the fraction of the class playing basketball.
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