Chapter 13, Problem 8QC

To determine

Fraction of students drinking their glass of milk with dinner

Answer to Problem 8QC

  $\frac{21}{32}$

Explanation of Solution

Given:

Students drinking one glass of milk per day = 7/8

3/4^th of these drink a glass of milk with their dinner

Calculation:

Let the total number of students be x

Students drinking one glass of milk per day = $\frac{7}{8}x$

Students drinking their glass of milk with dinner

  $\begin{array}{l}=\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{7}{8}x\\ =\frac{21}{32}x\end{array}$