A community chorus has 15 women and 12 men. What fraction of the chorus is made up of women?

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Answer 1

The fraction of the chorus made up of women can be calculated as the number of women divided by the total number of people in the chorus.

Number of women: 15
Total number of people: 15 (women) + 12 (men) = 27

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