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Of 92 cars making up a freight train 49 are boxcars A:how many of the cars are not boxcars B: what fraction of the cars are not boxcars

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A) If out of 92 cars in the train 49 are boxcars, then 92-49 = 43 cars are not boxcars.

B) We can calculate the fraction of the cars that are not boxcars as:


f=(43)/(92)\approx0.4674

Answer:

A) 43

B) 0.4674

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