Q:

Each student in a class plays one of three sports: soccer, volleyball, 0r basketball. 3/5 of the number of students play soccer, 1/4 of the number of students play volleyball. What fraction of the number of students play basketball?

Accepted Solution

A:
To find the fraction of the students that play basketball, you will start with one whole group of students and subtract 1/4 and 3/5 from it.

The answer is 3/20 of the number of students.

Please see the attached work.