Add the fractions together to find the portion who like basketball, soccer and football.
=1/3 + 1/8 + 5/12
need a common denominator (24)
=8/24 + 3/24 + 10/24
=21/24
simplify by 3
=7/8 like basketball, football & soccer
7/8 is the total for basketball, soccer and football. If 8/8 represents the whole class, then subtract 7/8 from 8/8 to find the number who like baseball.
=8/8 - 7/8
=1/8 of the remainder likes baseball
ANSWER: 1/8 of the students like baseball
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