plz can any one answer this :(....2/3 of a plot of land is garden. 1/5 of the garden is lawn . find the fraction of the plot of a land which is lawn.

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anonymous · Answer

If the garden is 2/3 of the land, and 1/5 of the garden is lawn, then you just need to find 1/5 of 2/3, or (2/3)/5

anonymous · Answer

u mean it would be like this 1/2 multiply with 2/3??

anonymous · Answer

answer would be 2/ 15 ?? is it correct

anonymous · Answer

Yep!

anonymous · Answer

thank u soo much sir

anonymous · Answer

but sir why we multiply it why cant we add them??

anonymous · Answer

welcome

anonymous · Answer

Because it is a fraction of a fraction if that makes sense. If you draw a picture, the garden is PART of the plot of land. The lawn is PART of the garden, not a different piece of land.

anonymous · Answer

If the garden and the lawn were separate pieces, then you would add.

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