There are 50 states in the U.S. so to find the states that don't have a store operator by company A you must subtract the states that do by the total number of states:
50 - 38 = 12
12 stores do not have a store operator by company A
To find the fraction you must do
![(part)/(whole)](https://img.qammunity.org/2020/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/hf7mqkcynhcaw460560xmvsoo4ux4p6buj.png)
Part is the number of states that don't have a store operator by company A
Whole is the total number of states in the U.S.
You get the fraction:
![(12)/(50)](https://img.qammunity.org/2020/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/v3tcvh0qn2jhkss97us2q79l7tofn7umc6.png)
^^^This fraction can be simplified to...
![(6)/(25)](https://img.qammunity.org/2020/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/akk5tk8a57m36nuo0ddefo8ejx4qx1u3al.png)
Hope this helped!
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