Question

In may there were 13 accidents on a road three were serious

a what fraction of the accidents in may werr serious write the simplest form?

In june there were 15 accidents five were serious

b what proportion of the accidents in june were serious?

c which month had the higher proportion of serious accidents?

Answer 1

Answer: a. 3/13 (fraction) b. 1/3 c. June

Explanation:

simplest form is the lowest you can reduce a fraction to before you turn it into decimals and since there’s no common multiples of 3 and 13 that’s its simplest form, in June 5 out of 15 were injured and since its highest common multiple is 5 you take both numbers and divide them by 5 getting 1/3, and for which month had a higher proportion you take the numerator divided by the denominator and get a decimal which ever decimal is your higher number is your higher proportion (may was 23.08 percent serious injuries and June was 33.3333 continuous so since 33 is higher than 23 that’s your answer)