Question

If 6/7 of a class was absent due to illness and 2/5 of the school was absent due to illness, is the fraction of the class that was absent equivalent to the fraction of the entire school that was absent?

Answer 1

We have to convert the fraction to a decimal number, because the fractions given are in the simplest form

`(6)/(7)=0.86`
`(2)/(5)=0.4`

as we can see the fractions given are not equivalent because the decimal number must be the same in equivalent fractions.

Therefore