Question

there are 24 students in a class.8 of the students are boys. write the amount of of girls in the class as a fraction in its simplest form

Answer 1

`(1)/(2)` of the class are girls

Explanation:

Since there are 8 boys in the class then there are

24 - 8 = 12 girls

Express as a fraction as

`(numberof girls)/(totalinclass)` =
`(12)/(24)` =
`(1)/(2)`