To determine the fractional part of the class that plays soccer, we need to find the product of the fractions representing the students who play a sport and those who play soccer.
Given:
In the eighth grade class, 3/4 of the students play a sport.
Of these, 1/2 play soccer.
To find the fraction of the class that plays soccer, we multiply the fractions:
(3/4) * (1/2)
Multiplying the numerators and denominators, we get:
(3 * 1) / (4 * 2) = 3/8
Therefore, 3/8 of the class plays soccer.