There are 8 rows of chairs in the auditorium. Three of the rows are empty. What fraction of the rows are empty?

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Audrey Bates

25 March, 04:24

There are 8 rows of chairs in the auditorium. Three of the rows are empty. What fraction of the rows are empty?

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Aydan Bernard · Answer 1

3 rows out of a total of 8 being empty means a fraction of 3/8 are empty.

This is because the denominator is the total. The total in this case is 8 rows.

The numerator is the number of these rows that are empty. In this case, this is 3 rows.

So the answer is 3/8 of the rows are empty.