SOLUTION: According to a company survey, 1/3 of the workers take public transportation to get to work, 2/5 drive cars to work, and the remainder walk to work. What fraction of the workers wa

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Question 1102240: According to a company survey, 1/3 of the workers take public transportation to get to work, 2/5 drive cars to work, and the remainder walk to work. What fraction of the workers walk to work?
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According to a company survey, 1/3 of the workers take public transportation to get to work, 2/5 drive cars to work, and the remainder walk to work. What fraction of the workers walk to work?
Let # of workers be "x"
# who walk = x - (x/3) - (2x/5)
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# = [(2/3)-(2/5)]x
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# = (10-6)/15 x
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Answer:: # = 4/15 x
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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