Question

forty two out of fifty six students voted Michael for president. What fraction of the workers did not vote for him?​

Answer 1

Answer:
`(1)/(4)`

Explanation:

1) Subtract Michael's voters from all the voters 56/56 - 42/56. When you have the same denominator, subtract the numerator and keep the denominator the same to get 14/56.

2) Simplify, both the numerator and denominator is divisible by 14, so divide 14/14 to get 1 as our new numerator and divide 56/14 to get 4 as our denominator leading us to our answer of 1/4