5/6 of the girls and1/8of the boys are honor students what part of class consists of girls who are not honor students
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Answer:
I think some information is missing from the problem.
Step-by-step explanation:
The following is a general idea of how to do the sum. However, due to missing information, the final answer cannot be arrived at.
Fraction of girls that are honour students = 5/6
Fraction of boys that are honour students = 1/8
Fraction of girls that are NOT honour students = 1/6
Fraction of boys that are NOT honour students = 7/8
Let total number of girls in the class = x
Let total number of boys in the class = y
Total number of students = (x + y)
No. of honour student girls = 5x/6
No. of honour student boys = y/8
Total number of honour students = 5x/6 + y/8
Total number of non-honour students = (x +y) - (5x/6 + y/8) ....(i)
We can also get total number of non-honour students as:
No. of non-honour student girls = x/6
No. of non-honour student boys = y/6
Total number of non-honour students = (x/6 + y/6) ...(ii)
From (i) and (ii), we can get an equation connecting x and y. However, we will not be able to get x and y without more information (e.g. total number of girls, or boys, or students)