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there are 24 students in ms.woodalls class .1/2 of students are boys. 1/3 of the boys have brown hair.what is the number of boys in Ms.woodalls class who have brown hair?

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First, let's find how many students are boys. We do this by multiplying 24 by 1/2.

24*1/2=12. Now, we find how many of the boys have brown hair. We do this by multiplying the number of boys, 12, by 1/3.

12*1/3 = 4. So, 4 boys have brown hair in Ms. Woodall's class.
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