DJ has just started a collection of his favorite movies. DJ has 16 movies, and 3/8

Question

of them are comedies. How many movies are comedies?

Answer 1

To find out how many of DJ's movies are comedies, you can use the fraction given: \( \frac{3}{8} \) of his 16 movies.

First, multiply the total number of movies by the fraction of movies that are comedies:

\[ \text{Number of comedies} = \frac{3}{8} \times 16 \]

Now, perform the multiplication:

\[ \frac{3 \times 16}{8} \]

Calculating the numerator:

\[ 3 \times 16 = 48 \]

Now divide by the denominator:

\[ \frac{48}{8} = 6 \]

Thus, the number of comedies in DJ's collection is \( \boxed{6} \).