SOLUTION: If 3/4 of a class is absent and 2/3 of those present leave the room, what fraction of the original class remains in the room?

SOLUTION: If 3/4 of a class is absent and 2/3 of those present leave the room, what fraction of the original class remains in the room?

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Question 1022075: If 3/4 of a class is absent and 2/3 of those present leave the room, what fraction of the original class remains in the room?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 3/4 are absent, 1/4 are present.
If 2/3 of those 1/4 leave the room, then 1/3 of the 1/4 remain.
Thus 1/3 * 1/4 = 1/12 of the students remain.
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