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Three-fifths of the passengers on a cruise are female. Half of the female passengers and one-third of the male passengers are Canadian. What fraction of the passengers are Canadian?

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x-all\ passangers\\\\(1)/(2)\cdot(3)/(5)x+(1)/(3)\cdot(2)/(5)x=\\\\(3)/(10)x+(2)/(15)x=\\\\(9)/(30)x+(4)/(30) x=\\\\(13)/(30)x\\\\Canadian\ are\ (13)/(30)\ of\ all\ passangers.
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