Question

there are 48 students in Mr. Kings art class 1/6 of the students prefer working with oil paints 3/8 of the students prefer working with watercolors the remaining students prefer working with charcoal pencils and Mr. king art class how many students prefer working with charcoal pencils

Answer 1

22 students

Explanation:

First find a common denominator, which will be 48 here since it is more convieniant. Then multiply have all denominators equal 48, multiplying 6 by 8 and 8 by 6 to get 8/48 and 18/48. Then add them together and subtract them the 26 from 48 to get 22.