document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1131586>Question 1131586</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a classroom, two-third of the students are wearing blue jeans and three-fourth of those students are wearing T-shirts. How many students are wearing jeans and a T-shirt? show work. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "number of students in the class: x<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "number wearing blue jeans (two-thirds of the students): (2/3)x<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "number wearing t-shirts (three-fourths of those wearing blue jeans): (3/4)((2/3)x) = (3/4)(2/3)x = (1/2)x<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: half of the students are wearing blue jeans and t-shirts.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To tutor @EdwinMcCravy --<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is beneath you to post a response like that, saying that my answer is wrong.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You provide many good responses to readers' questions.  Leave it to some other tutors who consistently pronounce that another tutor's solution is wrong and that theirs (usually shown without any work!) is the only right answer.  We  unfortunately have enough of them working on this site.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I strongly disagree with your reading of the problem.  The statement of the problem says that two-thirds of the students are wearing blue jeans and three-fourths of THOSE students are wearing t-shirts.  As I read it, that's a different problem than just saying that two-thirds of the students are wearing blue jeans and three-fourths of the students are wearing t-shirts.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you have a different interpretation of the problem than I have, then say so.  Don't tell the reader that my solution is wrong.<br><BR>\n" );
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