document.write( "Question 571456: Each student at Sussex Elementary School takes one foreign language. Two thirds of the students take Spanish, 1/9 take French, 1/18 take German, and the rest take some other foreign language. if there are 720 students in the school, how many do not take Spanish, French, and German? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #368076 by josmiceli(19441) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Each student takes 1 language, so this \n" ); document.write( "problem is like a pie chart. All the slices add \n" ); document.write( "up to 1. \n" ); document.write( "Let the fraction of students who do not take \n" ); document.write( "Spanish, French, and German = \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "120 students do not take Spanish, French, and German \n" ); document.write( " |