Question

in a classroom 5/8 of the students are wearing blue shirts and 1/4 for wearing white shirts there are 24 students in the classroom how many are wearing shirts other than blue shirts and

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

Those wearing a shirt of another color are ...

1 - 5/8 -1/4 = 8/8 -5/8 -2/8 = 1/8

of the total number of students in the classroom

(1/8)×(24 students) = 3 students . . . . wearing another color

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Alternate solution

With the given information, you know ...

(5/8)(24) = 15 . . . students wear blue

(1/4)(24) = 6 . . . . students wear white

24 -15 -6 = 3 . . . students wear another color