document.write( "Question 669994: at a school 2/3 of the students are taking chemistry, 1/3 of the remaining students are taking physics, and the rest are taking biology. no student is taking more than one science class. if 66 students are taking biology, how many students are in the class?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #416704 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let \n" ); document.write( "given: \n" ); document.write( "2/3 take chemistry, so there are 1/3 remaining \n" ); document.write( "1/3 of those take physics, and that is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "So far I have \n" ); document.write( "That means there is \n" ); document.write( "students remaining. \n" ); document.write( "----------------- \n" ); document.write( "I am told that \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "There are 297 students in the class \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------ \n" ); document.write( "check: \n" ); document.write( "2/3 take chemistry \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "There are \n" ); document.write( "1/3 of those take physics \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "There are \n" ); document.write( "and they take biology. \n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |