Question

24 people go to joe's birthday party.half walk and a quarter travel by bus all the others go by taxi. How many guests walk? How many travel by bus? How many use taxis? What fraction use taxis? What fraction don't use taxis?

Answer 1

• How many guests walk? 12
• How many travel by bus? 8
• How many use taxis?4
• What fraction use taxis?
  `(1)/(6)`
• What fraction don't use taxis?
  `(5)/(6)`

Explanation:

Number of people that attended the party= 24.....let this be x

Number of people that walked= 1/2 x

`=(1)/(2) *24 =12`

Number of people that travel by bus= 1/4 x

`=(1)/(4) *24= 8`

Number of people that go by taxi= the rest

`=24-(12+8)=24-20=4`

The fraction that used taxis= those that used tax/total number of people

Those that used taxi=4

Total number of people=24

Fraction =
`(4)/(24) =(1)/(6)`

Fraction that did not use taxi = whole-fraction that used taxi

`(6)/(6) -(1)/(6) =(5)/(6)`