Question

2/5 of Ashley's fruit are strawberries 1/4. of the strawberries are chocolate covered what fraction of Ashley's fruit covered strawberries? (your answer should be in simplest form)

Answer 1

We know that

• 2/5 are strawberries.

,

• 1/4 of the strawberries are chocolate covered.

We have to find 1/4 of 2/5, let's multiply these fractions.

`(1)/(4)\cdot(2)/(5)=(2\cdot1)/(4\cdot5)=(2)/(20)=(1)/(10)`

Therefore, 1/10 of the strawberries are covered.