A company has 12,600 employees. Of these, 1/4 drive alone to work, 1/6 car pool, 1/8 use public tran

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    A company has 12,600 employees. Of these, 1/4 drive alone to work, 1/6 car pool, 1/8 use public transportation, 1/9 cycle, and the remainder use other methods of transportation. How many employees use each method of transportation?

    Find the remainder fraction:
    Remainder = 1 - (1/4 + 1/6 + 1/8 + 1/9)

    The least common multiple of 4, 6, 8, 9 is 72. So we divide 72 by each fraction denominator to get our multiplier:
    1/4 = 18/72
    1/6 = 12/72
    1/8 = 9/72
    1/9 = 8/72

    Add those all up:
    (18 + 12 + 9 + 8)/72
    47/72

    Now subtract the other methods out from 1 to get the remainder of who use other methods:
    Remainder = 1 - 47/72

    Since 1 = 72/72, we have:
    (72 - 47)/72
    25/72
     

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