Concept explainers
To find: collection which has a greater fraction of oak leaves.
Answer to Problem 44E
Friend’s collection has a greater fraction of oak leaves.
Explanation of Solution
Given information: Me and my friend have 4 oak leaves in collection of 45 leaves and 3 oak leaves in collection of 36 leaves respectively.
Calculation:
To evaluate fraction of oak leaves in collection, it is needed to divide the oak leaves which having by anyone to the total oak leaves
Therefore, the fraction number obtained as
Here, fraction of collection of friends is higher than me as
Hence,
Friend’s collection has a greater fraction of oak leaves.
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