72 students on a trace team,34 are boys what fractional past of the team are girls?, show your working
So if there is 72 students and out of the 72 ,34 are boys to get your answer of girls you would have to subtract the amount of boys from the amount of students .
Answer=72-34=38
However, the fractional part would be 38/72 = ?
To find the fractional part of the team that are girls, we need to calculate the number of girls on the track team first.
Given that there are 72 students on the track team 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 = 38
Now we can calculate the fractional part of the team that are girls:
Fractional part = Number of girls / Total number of students
Fractional part = 38 / 72
To simplify this fraction, we can find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and denominator, which in this case is 2:
Fractional part = (38 ÷ 2) / (72 ÷ 2)
Fractional part = 19 / 36
Therefore, the fractional part of the team that are girls is 19/36.