Asked by Doyle

The teacher said that 1/3 of her class was absent. If there are 24 students in her class, how many were absent?
Answered by Jade
1/3 MULTIPLE BY 24 = 8
Answered by Ms. Sue
Why did you post this question again?

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Answered by Reiny
Two interpretations are possible for this question.

1. There are 24 students in the class like you said.
So if 1/3 are missing, then there are 8 missing, just like Ms Sue had in her previous post.

2. With 1/3 missing, there are 24 students in the class, so the 24 students represent 2/3 of the class

(2/3) x = 24
x = 24(3/2) = 36

Conclusion: Either answer would be correct due to the ambiguity of the question.
Poorly worded question !
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