there are 17 males and 18 females 17+18=35 that means there are a total of 35 students in that class since 17 of them are male out of 35 the fraction would be 17/35 17 is a prime number so the fraction cannot be simplified
The total amount of students is 35. That would be the denominator because you're finding out the male students out of the whole class. 17 + 18 = 35. The numerator is 17 because that's the amount of males in the class. Therefore, leading to the answer being 17/35.
