Yesterday, 5/7 of the Latin students took the Latin placement exam. Meanwhile, 64 out of 89 Greek students took the Greek placement exam. Which language had a greater fraction of students taking the placement exam?

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Christopher

15 June, 11:54

Yesterday, 5/7 of the Latin students took the Latin placement exam. Meanwhile, 64 out of 89 Greek students took the Greek placement exam. Which language had a greater fraction of students taking the placement exam?

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Brynn Valenzuela · Answer 1

Greek

Step-by-step explanation:

compare 5/7 and 64/89

5/7 =.71429

64/89=.71910

64/89 is the greater fraction

Colin Savage · Answer 2

Answer: Greek language had a greater fraction of students taking the placement exam

Step-by-step explanation:

Yesterday, 5/7 of the Latin students took the Latin placement exam. This implies that 5/7 = 0.714 of the total number of Latin students took the Latin placement exam

64 out of 89 Greek students took the Greek placement exam. This means that 64/68 = 0.719 of the total number of Greek students took the Greek placement exam.

0.719 is a higher fraction than 0.714.

If we express both in percentage (multiplying by 100)

Latin students would be 0.714*100 = 71.4%

Greek students would be 0.719*100=71.9%

Greek language had a greater fraction or percentage of students taking the Greek placement exam