to amend the US Constitution 3/4 of the 50 states must approve the amendment if 35 States approve an amendment will the Constitution be amended. ( it has to all be fractions)

Answer :

Answer: the constitution will not be amended

Explanation:

It is needed that 3/4 of the 50 states approve the amendment. So we need to calculate how many states are 3/4, for this we multiply 3/4 by 50:

[tex]\frac{3}{4}(50)[/tex]

To make this multiplication, we multiply 3 by 50 and then divide by 4:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{3\times50}{4} \\ \end{gathered}[/tex]

which is equal to:

[tex]\frac{150}{4}[/tex]

Making the division we get:

[tex]\frac{150}{4}=37.5[/tex]

Since only 35 states approved the amendment, and 35 is smaller than 37.5. the constitution will not be amended

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