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I am working with word problems that contain fractions and am not sure how to solve the following problem:
A respiratory therapy class consists of 24 men and 36 women. What fraction of the class are men? Please answer as a fraction reduced to lowest terms.
I tried to add the two numbers together and reduce but the answer did not make sense. I am not sure what information is important and what is not. Thank you for your time. Answer by aaronwiz(69) (Show Source):
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