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At grocery store 1/5 of the groceries are produce. Of the produce 2/3 is vegetables. What fraction of the groceries in the grocery store are vegetables

User Jeehut
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well, we know that 2/3 of the 1/5 produce are vegetables, so, how much is 2/3 of 1/5? well, is simply their product
\bf \cfrac{2}{3}\cdot \cfrac{1}{5}\implies \cfrac{2}{15}

User Elad Joseph
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Answer:

13 and 1/3

Explanation:

1/5 is 20% and 2/3 of 20% is 13 and 1/3

User Sanath Bharadwaj
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