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An animal shelter has 4/5 of its crates filled with animals. 1/2 of the filled crates are holding cats. What fraction of the total number of crates are holding cats?
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An animal shelter has 4/5 of its crates filled with animals. 1/2 of the filled crates are holding cats. What fraction of the total number of crates are holding cats?

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It should be 2/5 because half of the 4/5 is cats
User Justin Moh
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4/10 or 40% of the crates are holding cats.
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