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You're cooking a recipe that requires 3/5 cup of flour ,but you only want to use 1/3 of the recipe . What is the amount of flour you need

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If you want to find a fraction of something, multiply that amount by the fraction.
So to find 1/3 of 3/5, multiply the two fractions together
(3/5) (1/3) = 3/15 or 1/5
So 1/3 of 3/5 is 3/15, or if you simply it, 1/5
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