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1 /6 of a pile of marbles are red ones, and out of those red marbles 3 /4 of them are big marbles. What fraction of the entire pile is made up of big red marbles? Remember to simplify your answer!

User Arsv
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Answer:


(3)/(24)=
(1)/(8)

Explanation:

To get the answer we divide
(1)/(6) by 4 to get the common fraction of
(1)/(24). Finally we multiply
(1)/(24) by 3 to get the answer:
(3)/(24).

User Anton Kasianchuk
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