At West High School, 2/5 of the students play a sport. Of the students who play a sport, 1/4
play football. What fraction of the students at West High School play football?
To find the fraction of the students at West High School who play football, we need to first find the fraction of students who play a sport and then multiply by the fraction of students who play football.
Fraction of students who play a sport: 2/5
Fraction of students who play football (of those who play a sport): 1/4
Now we can multiply these two fractions:
(2/5) * (1/4) = 2/20 = 1/10
Therefore, 1/10 of the students at West High School play football.
To find the fraction of students at West High School who play football, we need to multiply the fractions.
First, we know that 2/5 of the students play a sport.
Then, we also know that 1/4 of those who play a sport play football.
To find the fraction of students who play football, we multiply 2/5 and 1/4:
2/5 * 1/4 = (2 * 1)/(5 * 4) = 2/20
So, 2/20 or 1/10 of the students at West High School play football.
To find the fraction of students at West High School who play football, we need to multiply the fractions that represent the proportion of students who play a sport and the proportion of students who play football.
First, let's calculate the fraction of students who play a sport. We are told that 2/5 of the students at West High School play a sport.
Next, let's calculate the fraction of students who play football. We know that among the students who play a sport, 1/4 play football.
To multiply fractions, we simply multiply the numerators (the numbers on the top) and multiply the denominators (the numbers on the bottom). So, multiplying 2/5 by 1/4 gives us:
(2/5) * (1/4) = (2 * 1) / (5 * 4) = 2/20
Simplifying the fraction, we get 1/10. Therefore, 1/10 of the students at West High School play football.