document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=982528>Question 982528</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are as many boys as girls in a class. If 2/5 of the boys and 1/2 of the girls go to school by bus, what fraction of the students in the class go to school by bus ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried to add 2/5 + 1/2 =9/10 to find the number of kids on the bus. Not sure how to answer this question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since there are as many boys as girls,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So then the number of kids that go by bus is,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F5%29P%2B%281%2F2%29P=%284%2F10%29P%2B%285%2F10%29P=%289%2F10%29P ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F5%29P%2B%281%2F2%29P=%284%2F10%29P%2B%285%2F10%29P=%289%2F10%29P\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total number of kids is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2P ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2P\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > so the fraction that go by bus is,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=F=9%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"F=9%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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