85Fraction of a subgroup
A survey asked 150 people which drink they prefer. Under 30: 28 prefer coffee and 22 prefer tea. Age 30 and over: 54 prefer coffee and 46 prefer tea. What fraction of the people who prefer tea are under 30?
Of all 150 people, only the tea drinkers matter here: 22 under 30 plus 46 age 30+ gives 68 total tea drinkers. The fraction under 30 is 22/68, which simplifies to 11/34. Check: 11/34 × 68 = 22 ✓.