Question

How do I solve this? Help? 2/3 of a plot of Land is garden. 1/5 of the garden is lawn. Find the fraction of the Plot of Land which is lawn.

Answer 1

Get them into like terms
Use 15 as a denominator. Then the plot of land is divided into 15 parts

Answer 2

U are close... I have the Answer but don't know how it came

Answer 3

Answer is \[ \frac{ 2}{ 15 }\]
But HOW?

Answer 4

LOL Nevermind. I guess we had to Multiply these Both.

Answer 5

But still don't Understand why....

Answer 6

oh wait I misunderstood
So 2/3 of the land is garden
1/5 of that is lawn

Yeah multiply

Answer 7

But why? What's the Reason?

Answer 8

You're taking a fraction OF a fraction.

Pretend you have a box. You cut it in 2. Now you cut one half in 2. You're left with 1/4

Answer 9

Huh, didn't Understood but Good enough for me. I have no hope in Maths. Tomorrow is my Exam xD
Thanks...

P.S: If it is a Fraction of a Fraction, then wouldn't we Divide these Fractions with each other rather Multiply them?

Answer 10

lol, trying to think of an actual way to explain this as it's just something I "know"

I'll try and help you visualize it

Answer 11

Yea, i was about to Make that SAME drawing. I think i get it, if an Equation matching this kind of Situation, i will know to Multiply them with each other.

Thanks again!

Answer 12

Eh? Equations? Gimme an example question as I don't think I get that

Answer 13

I mean, for example the Question is...
Q] 2/5 of a pizza has Pepper. 4/5 of the pizza with pepper has salt. Find the fraction of the pizza with Salt.

Answer 14

just wondering, are you typing something or should I answer that question

Answer 15

then we will do this?
\[\frac{ 2 }{ 5 } \times \frac{ 4 }{ 5 } \]
\[\frac{ 8 }{ 10 } \]
\[\frac{ 4 }{ 5 } \] ???

Answer 16

you seem to have made an error, damn thing just glitched out...