document.write( "Question 790934: Five-sixths of the students passed the test. If there are 36 students in the class, how many did not pass? Show all work \n" ); document.write( "

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To solve this question, we need to first figure out, in fractional form, the number of students who did not pass. The problem tells us that 5/6 of the students passed. Therefore, we know that 1/6 of the students did not pass, because 5/6 + 1/6 = 1. So, all we need to do is multiply 1/6 by the total number of students:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1/6 * 36 = 6\r
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