Question

A company that manufactures cars for freight trains manufactured 254 cars in the month of August, out of which 218 were boxcars. What fraction of the cars manufactured were not boxcars?

Answer 1

36/254 were not boxcars. If you want to simplify then:

18/127.

Answer 2

Total car manufactured = 254

Boxcar = 218

Not boxcar = 254 -218 = 36

fraction: not boxcar / total manufactured

36/254 = 18/127