out of 72 students on a track team, 34 are boys what fractional past of the team are girls?
38/72 = 0.52777 = 52.8 %
To find the fractional part of the team that consists of girls, we first need to determine the number of girls on the team.
Given that there are 72 students in total, and 34 of them are boys, we can subtract the number of boys from the total number of students to find the number of girls.
Number of girls = Total number of students - Number of boys
Number of girls = 72 - 34
Number of girls = 38
Now that we know there are 38 girls on the team, we can calculate the fractional part of the team that they represent by dividing the number of girls by the total number of students.
Fractional part of girls = Number of girls / Total number of students
Fractional part of girls = 38 / 72
To simplify this fraction, we can find the greatest common divisor (GCD) between the numerator (38) and the denominator (72), which is 2. Dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2 gives us:
Fractional part of girls = 19 / 36
So, the fractional part of the team that consists of girls is 19/36.