Question

Of the songs in Brianna's music library, 1/3 are rock songs. Of the rock songs, 7/10 feature a guitar solo. What fraction of the songs in Brianna's music library are rock songs that feature a guitar solo?

Answer 1

7/30 of her music library

Explanation:

We are looking for 7/10 of 1/3. In this case this "of" means we will multiply the two fractions. To multiply fractions, we multiply

top × top

and

bottom × bottom

1/3 × 7/10

is 1×7 on top, and

3×10 on the bottom.

= (1×7)/(3×10)

= 7/30

7/30 cannot be simplified, so that is the answer.