Question

Of 92 cars making up a freight train 49 are boxcars A:how many of the cars are not boxcars B: what fraction of the cars are not boxcars

Answer 1

A) If out of 92 cars in the train 49 are boxcars, then 92-49 = 43 cars are not boxcars.

B) We can calculate the fraction of the cars that are not boxcars as:

$f=\frac{43}{92}\approx0.4674$

Answer:

A) 43

B) 0.4674