SOLUTION: In a class room, 1/6 of students are wearing blue shirts and 2/3 ate wearing white shirts. There are 36 students in the class. How many students are wearing a shirt other then blue

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Question 1063513: In a class room, 1/6 of students are wearing blue shirts and 2/3 ate wearing white shirts. There are 36 students in the class. How many students are wearing a shirt other then blue.
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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1%2F6%2B2%2F3%2Br=1

r=1-1%2F6-2%2F3

r=%2812-2-8%29%2F12

r=2%2F12

r=1%2F6-----wearing other than blue or white


If 36 students in the group,
%281%2F6%29%2A36=6
Six student wearing other than blue or white

HOW MANY WEARING OTHER THAN BLUE?
2%2F3 wearing white
1%2F6 wearing not-blue
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%282%2F3%2B1%2F6%29%2A36
%285%2F6%2936
highlight%2830%29------------students wearing other than blue

Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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In a class room, 1/6 of students are wearing blue shirts and 2/3 ate wearing white shirts. There are 36 students in the class.
How many students are wearing a shirt other then blue.
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1%2F6 of 36 sudents is/are 6 students, who wear blue shirts.


The rest of the students, 36 - 6 = 30 wear shirts other than blue.

The solution is actually in 2 lines.

After reading this my solution you can judge if the writing by "josgarithmetic" has any sense.

For me, it has no.


Answer by MathTherapy(10551) About Me  (Show Source):
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In a class room, 1/6 of students are wearing blue shirts and 2/3 ate wearing white shirts. There are 36 students in the class. How many students are wearing a shirt other then blue.
Number wearing blue shirts: %281%2F6%29+%2A+36
Number NOT wearing blue shirts: highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+%285%2F6%29+%2A+36%2C+or%2C+30%29%29
IT IS that simple....nothing complex and/or CONFUSING!