Question

1/15 of the students in a class voted for a trip to the zoo.One third voted for a trip to the museum.what fraction of class did not vote?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's start by finding the fraction of students who voted for the trip to the zoo and the fraction of students who voted for the trip to the museum:

1/15 of the students voted for the zoo.

1/3 of the students voted for the museum.

To find the fraction of students who did not vote, we need to subtract the fraction of students who voted from 1 (which represents the whole class):

1 - 1/15 - 1/3

To subtract these fractions, we need to find a common denominator:

1 - 1/15 - 1/3 = 15/15 - 1/15 - 5/15

Simplifying the numerator gives:

= (15 - 1 - 5)/15

= 9/15

So, 9/15 or 3/5 of the class did not vote.