A neophyte is a beginner. On the first day of classes, #28,000# students arrived at the university campus. If three sevenths were neophytes, how many were not neophytes?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-23T21:37:09

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Alright, so here we need to find #3/7# of #28000#.

For this problem, all you have to do is multiply the two numbers together

#=3/7*28000#

#=84000/7#

#=12000#

So #12,000# students were neophytes. Therefore, #28000-12000=16000# people who were not neophytes.

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~Chandler Dowd

Answer 2 · 2018-02-24T07:19:15

#16,000# students are not neophytes.

You can do the question in two different ways.

#1.# Find how many students are neophytes and the subtract them from the total number of students.

#3/cancel7 xx cancel28000^4000 = 12,000#

#28,000 - 12,000 = 16,000# were not neophytes.

#2.# The second method is to subtract the fractions first

If #3/7# are neophytes, then #7/7 -3/7 = 4/7# are not.

Find #4/7 xx28,000 = 16,000# students#