SOLUTION: solve: There are 216 females delegates and 738 male delegates in a seminar workshop. What fraction of the delegates are female?

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Question 779642: solve: There are 216 females delegates and 738 male delegates in a seminar workshop. What fraction of the delegates are female?
Answer by tutor_paul(519)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, determine how many total delegates there are at the workshop. Call this "T".



Now, to figure out the fraction of female delegates that are at the seminar, divide the given number of female delegates by the total number of delegates:

You can reduce the fraction to be by dividing numerator and denominator by 18:

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