Question

Eddie noticed that out of 10 students,one student was wearing brown shoes,and seven were wearing black shoes,What fraction of students were not wearing brown or black shoes

Answer 1

Fraction of students were not wearing brown or black shoes is
`(1)/(5)`.

Solution:

Given data:

Total number of students = 10

Number of students wearing brown shoes = 1

Number of students wearing black shoes = 7

Number of students not wearing brown or black = 10 – 1 – 7 = 2

Fraction of students not wearing brown or black

`$=\frac{\text{Number of students not wearing brown or black}}{\text{Total number of students}}`

`$=(2)/(10)`

`$=(1)/(5)`

Hence fraction of students were not wearing brown or black shoes is
`(1)/(5)`.