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Ms.Groves has trays of paint for students in her art class.each tray has 5 colors.one of the colors is purple.what fraction of the colors in 20 trays is purple?

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One of the colors is purple out the five colors so the fraction is 1/5.
20/5=4 and 4x1=4 so the fraction of the colors in the 20 trays that is purple is 4/20.The simplified answer is 1/5.
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