SOLUTION: There are as many boys as girls in a class. If 2/5 of the boys and 1/2 of the girls go to school by bus, what fraction of the students in the class go to school by bus ?
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Question 982528: There are as many boys as girls in a class. If 2/5 of the boys and 1/2 of the girls go to school by bus, what fraction of the students in the class go to school by bus ?
I tried to add 2/5 + 1/2 =9/10 to find the number of kids on the bus. Not sure how to answer this question.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since there are as many boys as girls,
So then the number of kids that go by bus is,
The total number of kids is so the fraction that go by bus is,
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