Paul wrote the following expression to solve a word problem.
1/3 x (2/3 x 3/5)

Which of the following word problems could be solved correctly using the expression he wrote?
A. In a florist's shop, 3/5 of all the flowers were roses. The fraction of roses that were red was 1/3 . What fraction of all the flowers in the florist's shop were red roses?

B. In a gift shop, 3/5 of all the items were toys. The fraction of toys that were dolls was 2/3 . The fraction of dolls that wore pink dresses was 1/3 . What fraction of all the items in the shop were dolls in pink dresses?

Question

Paul wrote the following expression to solve a word problem.
1/3 x (2/3 x 3/5)

Which of the following word problems could be solved correctly using the expression he wrote?
A.	In a florist's shop, 3/5 of all the flowers were roses. The fraction of roses that were red was 1/3 . What fraction of all the flowers in the florist's shop were red roses?

B.	In a gift shop, 3/5 of all the items were toys. The fraction of toys that were dolls was 2/3 . The fraction of dolls that wore pink dresses was 1/3 . What fraction of all the items in the shop were dolls in pink dresses?

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C.	Beth bought 1/3 pound of chocolate chip cookies, 2/3 pound of butter cookies, and 3/5 pound of jam cookies. What is the total weight in pounds of the cookies Beth bought?

D.	In a package of postcards, 1/3 of the postcards had pictures of cats and 2/3 of the postcards had pictures of fish. Judith bought 3/5 of the package of postcards. What is the fraction of the package that Judith did not buy?

Please explain how you got to your answer.