Solution 2a. The whole is the total number of governors in the United States, 50. The part is the number of governors from each party. So, the fraction of United States governors for each party is Republican 23 50 Independent 1 50 Democrat 26 50 2b. As of 2009, there were approximately 309 million people living in the United States and approximately 116 million Facebook users in the United States. Write a fraction that represents the portion of the U.S. population who were Facebook users in 2009. (Source: http://flavorwire.com/ 82308/awesome-infographic-facebook-vs-the-united-states) Solution 2b. The whole is the population of the United States, 309 million. The part is the number of Facebook users, 116 million. So, the fraction of the U.S. population who were Facebook users is 116,000,000 309,000,000 Student Check 2 Write a fraction that represents each quantity. a. Thirty-nine states elected a governor during the 2010 gubernatorial elections. Write a fraction that represents the portion of states that went through a gubernatorial election. (Source: http://statehouserock.com/) b. The National Center for Education Statistics published the number of bachelor’s degrees conferred by major for the 2007–2008 academic year. The pie graph to the right shows this information. Write a fraction that represents the portion of Education degrees that was awarded. Writing Fractions in Simplified Form A fraction is simplified or in lowest terms if the numerator and denominator share no common factors other than 1. The following property provides us a method to write a fraction in lowest terms. �������������������� The Fundamental Property of Fractions If a b is a fraction, where b ≠ 0 and c is a nonzero real number, then a · c b · c = a b Objective 3 ▶ Simplify fractions. 335,000 167,000 111,000 103,000 92,000 755,000 Business Social Sciences & History Health Sciences Education Psychology Other 16 Chapter 1 Real Numbers and Algebraic Expressions
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