Absent students let's say you are teaching. it is winter, and it seems that a larger fraction of students than normal are sick. you are eating lunch in the teachers' lounge, and another teacher says, "in my class today fof the girls were absent but only ? of the boys were absent." what fraction of her class was absent today? a. work on the problem above and show your work. b. what if the number of boys and girls is equal? does this change your answer in a. or not? explain your response c. meet with your partner(s) and discuss the problem. if you have the same answer, did you arrive at the answer in the same way? if you have different answers, listen to one another's reasoning until you can agree on one answer. justify your answer. d. what is a realistic range of possible answers? e. what is the theoretical range of possible answers?