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The bleachers at a football game are 7/8 full, and 1/2 of the fans in the bleachers are rooting for the home team. What fraction of the bleachers are filled with some home team fans?
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The bleachers at a football game are 7/8 full, and 1/2 of the fans in the bleachers are rooting for the home team. What fraction of the bleachers are filled with some home team fans?

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7/16 of the fans are home team fans

7/8 times 1/2 is 7/16

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The answer is 7/16 because if you turn the denominator into a bigger number so you can get the answer, it becomes 14/16 and half of that is 7/16.
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