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Jefferson Middle School

Source: 2016 AMC 8 #12

November 23, 2016
AMC 82016 AMC 8

Problem Statement

Jefferson Middle School has the same number of boys and girls. Three-fourths of the girls and two-thirds of the boys went on a field trip. What fraction of the students were girls?
<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(A)</span>12<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(B)</span>917<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(C)</span>713<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(D)</span>23<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(E)</span>1415<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>\frac{1}{2}\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>\frac{9}{17}\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>\frac{7}{13}\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>\frac{2}{3}\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>\frac{14}{15}
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