2/5 of the students in your class are in band. Of these, 1/4 play the saxophone. What fraction of your class plays the saxophone

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Citrus2011 [14]

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2/5 of the students in your class are in band. Of these, 1/4 play the saxophone. What fraction of your class plays the saxophone

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creativ13 [48] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-17T17:43:55+03:00

creativ13 [48]3 years ago

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10/20 because if u find the common denominator of 5 and 4 it would be 20 and if you multiply 2 and 5 it would be 10 and 5x1 will equal 5and 10/20 is greater than 5/20

Nimfa-mama [501] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-17T15:32:52+03:00

So the problem asks us to find the fraction of your class that plays the saxophone. To find this, all you need to do is divide 2/5 by 1/4. We need to do this because we are basically taking 1/4 of 2/5. When we do this operation, we get 8/5, which is 1 3/5 in mixed fraction form. Hence, the solution to your question is 8/5 or 1 3/5 of the fraction of students in the band play the saxophone. Hope this helps!