Question

The map below shows the town of Cherryville

Answer 1

The east of the river cover 2/3 of the city

The North of the main street is 3/5 of the city.

we are to find the fraction of the shaded area.

The total number of boxes is 15, and the shaded number of boxes is 6

`\begin{gathered} \text{the area is }(6)/(15) \\ (2)/(5) \end{gathered}`