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

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8/24=1/3
1/3 is your answer
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Because there are 8 boys out of 24, you'd put the 8 over the 24 in a fraction: 8/24. "Simplest form" means to reduce the fraction as much as you can. 8/24 can be reduced to 1/3 because 8 is 1/3 of 24.

So the answer is 1/3.
Hope this helps!
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