Question

lindsey made 400 tarts. she sold 3/5 of them in morning and 1/4 of the remainder in the afternoon. how many tarts did she sell in the afternoon?

Answer 1

She sold 60 tarts in the after noon.

Answer 2

40 tarts

Explanation:

Lindsey had 400 tarts to start with, then she sold off 3/5 of them. Hence find the number of tarts left (2/5 of the original amount). Then she sold 1/4 of the remaining tarts. Therefore, find 1/4 or 2/5 of 400. The equation would be;

`((1)/(4))((2)/(5))(400)`

Now one just has to solve the equation;

`(1)/(10)(400)`

40