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A school has 1200 students 1/3 are in the upper school. 2/5 in the middle school and the remainder in lower school. How many students are in lower school?

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Answer:

257 students in the lower school

Explanation:

you want to make the fractions have an equal denominator so make 1/3 5/15s and 2/5 to 6/15's, 5+6= 11/15s that leaves 4/15's for the lower part of the school

4 divided by 15 is 4.6 repeating so divide 1200 by 4.66 and boom

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