Question

A newspaper’s cover page is 3/8 text, and photographs fill the rest.

If 2/5 of the text is an article about endangered species, what fraction of the cover page is the article about endangered species?

Answer 1

The article about endangered species is
`(3)/(20)` of the cover page

Solution:

Given that, newspaper’s cover page is
`(3)/(8)` text and photographs fill the rest

`(2)/(5)` of the text is an article about endangered species

To find: fraction of the cover page that is the article about endangered species

Therefore,

`(2)/(5)` of
`(3)/(8)` is article about endangered species

Thus we get,

Article about endangered species =
`(2)/(5) \text{ of } (3)/(8)`

`\rightarrow (2)/(5) * (3)/(8) = (6)/(40)\\\\\text{Reducing to lowest terms, we get }\\\\\rightarrow (6)/(40) = (3)/(20)`

Hence, the article about endangered species is
`(3)/(20)` of the cover page