Two-fifths of the girls signed up to play softball. An equal number of girls signed up to play pitcher, infield, and outfield. W

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Svetach [21]

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Two-fifths of the girls signed up to play softball. An equal number of girls signed up to play pitcher, infield, and outfield. W

hat fraction of girls in the school signed up to play outfield?
Any help appreciated, thank you!

Mathematics

2 answers:

Yuliya22 [10] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-03T06:59:33+03:00

Answer: Hello mate!

You know that 2/5 of the total girls signed up to play softball.

an equal number of the girls signed up to play pitcher, infield, and outfield.

this means that we could divide the 2/5 initial group into 3 equal smaller groups (one for each position)

then the fraction of girls that signed up to play outfield is:

(1/3)*(2/5) = 2/15

then 2/15 of the total girls signed to play softball in the position of outfield.

Natali [406] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-03T04:59:02+03:00

Okay so lets look at this.

So we have 5/5 girls.

2/5 of them are playing softball. An equal number of girls signed up to play pitcher, infield, and outfield. This means that each one is 1/3.

So out of 2/5 of the girls, there is 1/3 of the 2/5 that signed up to play outfield.

The answer can be solved with multiplication of fractions.

2/5 * 1/3 is 2/15. So 2/15 of the girls in the school signed up to play outfield.

Answer: 2/15 or 0.133