Rachel received 5/8 of the 72 vote cast for class president. How many votes did she receive

Rachel recieved 45 votes.

Step-by-step explanation: Any easy way to solve this is to has the demonimator equal the total amount of votes. So in the questions, 8 is the denominator and 72 is the total amount of votes. To get from 8 to 72, you need to multiple 8 by 9. And whatever you do to the denominator, you must do to the numerator. So, 5 times 9 equal 45 which is the number of votes Rachel recieved.

ruth is 6 years old

step-by-step explanation:

6 + 24 = 30,   so 6/30 = .2  

if you do 1/5 it also equals .2, so that is the answer.