Question

Five-eights of the supreme student's government voted for the resolution regarding garbage collection and 1/4 opposed it . What is the difference between the number of those who voted and those who were against the resolution ?

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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

let total students in government be'x'

Number of students voted for

$= \frac{5}{8} th \: of \: x$

$= \frac{5x}{8}$

Number of students against the resolution

$= \frac{1}{4} th \: of \: \frac{5x}{8}$

$= \frac{5x}{32}$

So the required difference

$= \frac{5x}{8} - \frac{5x}{32}$

$= \frac{20x - 5x}{32}$

$\frac{15x}{32}$

$= \frac{15}{32} th \: \: of \: toal \: students$