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Can you give me step by step directions on how to solve: ( got the correct answer as 8./15)Simon bought 2/3 pounds of cookies. Je at 4/8 of cookies he bought. What was the weight of cookies Simon ate?Question 6- Unit 5 Simon bought ⅔ pounds of cookies. He ate ⅘ of the cookies he bought. What was the weight of the cookies Simon ate?⅔8/1510/1311/12

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Given:


\begin{gathered} \text{Simon bought }(2)/(3)\text{ pounds of cookies.} \\ He\text{ eat }(4)/(5)\text{ of cookies Simon bought.} \end{gathered}
\begin{gathered} \text{ Amount of cookies Simon ate =}(2)/(3)*(4)/(5) \\ =(8)/(15)\text{ pounds} \end{gathered}
(8)/(15)\text{ is the final answer}

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