Question

A school offers two summer sports: lacrosse and tennis. There are 438 students in all. Of this number, 52 participate in lacrosse and 94 participate in tennis. Nobody does both. What fraction of the students participate in a sport? Write the fraction in simplest terms.

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{1}{3}$

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that there are 438 students in all. Of this number, 52 participate in lacrosse and 94 participate in tennis.

Our required fraction would be:

$\frac{\text{Students participant in lacrosse + Tennis}}{\text{Total students}}$

$\frac{52+94}{438}$

$\frac{146}{438}$

$\frac{146*1}{146*3}$

$\frac{1}{3}$

Therefore, our required fraction would be $\frac{1}{3}$.

Answer 2

52 + 94 = 146

146/438
1/3

Hope this helped!