Of the students that took a survey about after school activities,33 1/3 % said they watch television, 1/2 said they go to sports practice and the remaining said they do homework. What fraction represents the students that go homework.

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Answer:

The fraction that represents the proportion of students that go make their homework is 1/6

Step-by-step explanation:

The sum of the percentage of students is 100% = 1.

In this problem, we have that:

1/3 said they watch television

1/2 said they go to sports practice

x said they do homework.

This is a sum of fractions, and the lesser common multiple of 3 and 2 is 6.

So

[tex]\frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{2} + x = 1[/tex]

[tex]\frac{2 + 3 + 6x}{6} = 1[/tex]

[tex]5 + 6x = 6[/tex]

[tex]6x = 1[/tex]

[tex]x = \frac{1}{6}[/tex]

The fraction that represents the proportion of students that go make their homework is 1/6