SOLUTION: Of the students in your class, 12% are left-handed. What fraction of the students are left-handed? are there more right-handed or left-handed students? Explain.

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Question 954879: Of the students in your class, 12% are left-handed. What fraction of the students are left-handed? are there more right-handed or left-handed students?
Explain.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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12%=%2812%2F100%29=3%2F25
For the next question, I'm assuming that there can only be right-handed or left-handed and that no student is considered ambidextrous.
So if you're not left handed you must be right handed.
So the percentage right handed would be,
P%5Br%5D=100-12=88
In fraction form,
88%2F100=22%2F25
So there are more right handed than left handed students.