6/16 of children have freckles. of those 1/12 have red hair. how many have red hair and freckles?
(1/12) * (3/8) = 3/96 = 1/32
1/32
1/12 times 6/16 equals to 1/12 times 3/8 which equals to 1/32
To find out how many children have both red hair and freckles, we need to calculate the intersection of the two groups.
First, let's find the number of children with freckles by multiplying the total number of children by the fraction of children with freckles:
Total number of children × fraction with freckles = Total number of children × (6/16)
Simplifying the fraction, we get:
Total number of children × (3/8)
Next, let's calculate the number of children with red hair by multiplying the total number of children with freckles by the fraction of children with red hair:
(Total number of children with freckles) × fraction with red hair = (Total number of children × (3/8)) × (1/12)
Now, we can calculate the number of children with both red hair and freckles:
(Number of children with freckles) × (Fraction with red hair)
Substituting the values, we have:
Total number of children × (3/8) × (1/12)
Finally, we can simplify this expression and calculate the result. However, we need to know the total number of children in order to give an exact answer.
To find out how many children have both red hair and freckles, we can multiply the fractions representing the probability of each trait.
First, we multiply 6/16 (the fraction of children with freckles) by 1/12 (the fraction of children with red hair). To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators (top numbers) and the denominators (bottom numbers).
(6/16) * (1/12) = (6 * 1) / (16 * 12) = 6 / 192
To simplify the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 6.
6 / 192 = 1 / 32
Therefore, 1/32 of the children have both red hair and freckles.