Question

I'm preparing to take the ASVAB and I'm having trouble with some of the math practice questions. Here's one of them:
At Joe's Restaurant, one-fourth of the patrons are male and one-fifth of the patrons are from out of town. What proportion would you expect to be male and out of town?

Answer 1

Note: No calculators allowed :(

Answer 2

@amistre64

Answer 3

a proportion is generally defined as an equality of ratios:\[\frac{a}{b}=\frac{x}{y}\]

Answer 4

but this seems to be more probability maybe then ratios

Answer 5

1/5 of 1/4

Answer 6

any options to help clarify the situation?

Answer 7

1/5
1/10
1/20
1/25
1/50

Answer 8

I was thinking 1/20