Question

At lauritas bakery 3/5 of the baked goods are pies and the rest are cakes 1/3 of the pies are coconut.1/6of the cakes are angle-food. Hwat fraction of all the baked goods at lauritas bakery are coconut pies?

Answer 1

`(1)/(5)`

Explanation:

To find the number of coconut pies, we need to take 1/3 of 3/5 from the problem.

Coconut Pies =
`(1)/(3)*(3)/(5)`

Coconut Pies =
`(3)/(15)`

Now we know that we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator with 3.

Coconut Pies =
`(3)/(15)`÷
`(3)/(3)`

Coconut Pies =
`(1)/(5)`

So the fraction of coconut pies at Lauritas bakery is
`(1)/(5)`