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Cotton candy weighs 1/8 pound. Eartha eats 3/5 of her cotton candy. What is the weight of the cotton candy she ate?

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namely how much is 3/5 of 1/8, well, is simply their product........
\bf \cfrac{1}{8}\cdot \cfrac{3}{5}\implies \cfrac{3}{40}

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