Question

Of the 120 apartments in a building, 75 have been scheduled to receive new carpet. What fraction of the apartments have not been scheduled to receive new carpet?

1/4
3/8
5/8
3/4

Answer 1

3/8

Explanation:

Well, let's start out by figuring out how many apartments have not been scheduled to receive new carpet. We know that 75 have been scheduled and that there are 120 total apartments, so the number of apartments that have not been scheduled is 120 - 75 or 45.

Now, we need to find the fraction of apartments that have not been scheduled to receive new carpet. To do this, we divide the number of apartments that have not been scheduled to receive new carpet by the total number of apartments:

`(45)/(120)`

We can divide both sides by a common factor of 15 to find the simplified fraction and determine our answer.

`(45)/(120) /(15)/(15) =(3)/(8)`

So, 3/8 of the apartments have not been scheduled to receive new carpet.