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A pan of brownies is 7/10 full. Tyreese buys 2/5 of the brownies. What fraction of a whole pan of brownies does Tyreese buy?

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Answer: 4/10

Explanation:

If you make a model like I have attached (with 7/10 colored in then add 2/5 lines + coloring) if you could the squares you get 50 and then Tyreese bought 14/50 which reduces to 4/10

A pan of brownies is 7/10 full. Tyreese buys 2/5 of the brownies. What fraction of-example-1
User Javier Parra
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4/10 of the pan. reason: 2/5 =4/10   
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