document.write( "Question 1062074: At a certain school, 2/7
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document.write( " of the girls brought their lunch. What fraction of the students are girls who brought their lunch today?\r
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document.write( "How would I solve this?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #676834 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! At a certain school, 2/7 \n" ); document.write( "of the students are girls. Today, 2/3 \n" ); document.write( "of the girls brought their lunch. What fraction of the students are girls who brought their lunch today? \n" ); document.write( "How would I solve this? \n" ); document.write( "------ \n" ); document.write( "Let the number of students at the school be \"x\":: \n" ); document.write( "# of girls = (2/7)x \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "Equation: \n" ); document.write( "# who brought their lunch = (2/3)[(2/7)x] = 4/21x \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "Ans:: 4/21 \n" ); document.write( "-------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |