Question

A farmer plants corn in 1/4 of his field.He plants white corn 3/5 of the corn section of his field.This situation is show in the model. What fraction of the whole field with white corn?

Answer 1

The white corn section covers
`(3)/(20)` of the whole field.

Explanation:

The statement indicates that section of the white corn is a portion within the corn section of the field. The statement can be interpreted as a multiplication of rational numbers. That is to say:

`x = (1)/(4) * (3)/(5)`

`x = (1 * 3)/(4 * 5)`

`x = (3)/(20)`

The white corn section covers
`(3)/(20)` of the whole field.