A model railroad kit contains curved and straight tracks. Given that 35% of the tracks are curved, what fraction of the tracks a

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lions [1.4K]

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A model railroad kit contains curved and straight tracks. Given that 35% of the tracks are curved, what fraction of the tracks a

re straight? Write the fraction in the simplest form.

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andrey2020 [161] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-19T03:01:57+03:00

andrey2020 [161]3 years ago

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<span>Given that 35% of the tracks are curved, this means that 100% - 35% = 65% of the tracks are straight.

Therefore, the fraction of the tracks that are straight is given by

$\frac{65}{100} = \frac{13}{20}$ </span>