Question

Three-eighths of the students in a certain class are males and 3/5 of the male

students in the class are accounting majors.

If 1/4 of the female students in the class are accounting majors, what fraction of

the students in the class are NOT accounting majors?

Answer 1

if the students in class are not accounting majors it’s 3.5

Answer 2

3/5 of the students in the class are not in accounting majors

Explanation:

The total number of males in the class is 3/8

3/5 of them are accounting majors

The ones who are not in accounting majors are;

3/8 - 3/5 = 9/40

The total number of female students in the class is;

8/8 - 3/8 = 5/8

1/4 of them are accounting majors

The ones who are not in accounting majors are;

5/8 - 1/4 = 3/8

Total number of students not in accounting majors;

9/40 + 3/8

= 24/40

= 3/5