Enslaved Africans brought to the growing Pennsylvania colony between 1730 and 1750 made up about how many of all new arrivals.
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2/3
1/2
1/3
1/4
Between 1730 and 1750, enslaved Africans brought to the growing Pennsylvania colony made up about 1/3 (one-third) of all new arrivals.
Enslaved Africans brought to the growing Pennsylvania colony between 1730 and 1750 made up about 1/4 of all new arrivals.
To find the answer to the question, we need to calculate the proportion of enslaved Africans among all new arrivals to the Pennsylvania colony between 1730 and 1750.
To start, we need to add up the fractions given:
2/3 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4
To add fractions with different denominators, we need to find a common denominator. In this case, the common denominator is 12. We can convert each fraction to have the denominator of 12:
(2/3) x (4/4) = 8/12
(1/2) x (6/6) = 6/12
(1/3) x (4/4) = 4/12
(1/4) x (3/3) = 3/12
Now we can add these fractions together:
8/12 + 6/12 + 4/12 + 3/12 = 21/12
Since the fractions add up to 21/12, we can simplify this fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 3:
(21/12) รท (3/3) = 7/4
Therefore, enslaved Africans brought to the growing Pennsylvania colony between 1730 and 1750 made up about 7/4 or 1 3/4 (one and three-fourths) of all new arrivals.