SOLUTION: At Clover View Junior High, one half of the students go home on the school bus. One fourth go home by automobile. One tenth go home on their bicycles. The rest walk home. What fra

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Question 284717: At Clover View Junior High, one half of the students go home on the school bus. One fourth go home by automobile. One tenth go home on their bicycles. The rest
walk home. What fractional part of the students walk home?
a 1/16 b 3/20 c 1/3 d 17/20 e 9/10

Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/2 go by bus
1/4 go by automobiles
1/10 go by bicycles
Balance walk
1-(1/2+1/4+1/10)= balance who walk
1-(10+5+2/20)
1-17/20
20-17 / 20 = 3/20
3/20 go walking