SOLUTION: there are 72 students in a speech contest. Yesterday, 1/4 of them gave their speeches. Today 2/3 of the remaining students gave their speeches. How many students still haven't give

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Question 550341: there are 72 students in a speech contest. Yesterday, 1/4 of them gave their speeches. Today 2/3 of the remaining students gave their speeches. How many students still haven't given their speeches?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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(1/4)*72 = 72/4 = 18 students gave their speech yesterday


So there are 72 - 18 = 54 students who need to give their speech


2/3 of those 54 students gave their speech today, so (2/3)*54 = (2*54)/3 = 108/3 = 36 students gave their speech today


So there are 54 - 36 = 18 students who still haven't given their speeches