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In a vegetable garden, 1/4 of the plants are peppers. Of the pepper plants, 1/3 are yellow peppers. What fraction of the plants are yellow peppers?

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Answer:

about 8; (8.3); 8 of the peppers are yellow peppers

Explanation:

Out of 100 1/4 is 25 and of those 25 if you divide it into 3 then that is the fraction of the pepper plants divided, and that's how you get your answer.

User Hemant Kabra
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1/12 of the plants are yellow peppers
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