document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=903177>Question 903177</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2/5 instruments are brass, 1/3 are percussion, the rest are wood winds?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) what fraction is wood winds?  4/15???\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) 1/2 of wood winds are clarinets, what fraction of the band is clarinets?  2/15???\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C) 1/8 of the brass are tubas.  If there are 240 instruments in the band how many are tubas? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A) what fraction is wood winds?  4/15???  That's correct.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) 1/2 of wood winds are clarinets, what fraction of the band is clarinets?  2/15???<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Also correct.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C) 1/8 of the brass are tubas.  If there are 240 instruments in the band how many are tubas?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240*(2/5) = 96 brass<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96/8 = 12 tubas </SPAN>\n" );
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