Question

On the track and field team, 3/8 of the members do the hurdles. Of the members who do the hurdles, 4/5 also do the long jump. If there are 40 members on the track team, how many do both the hurdles and the long jump? Choose your answer from the dropdown menu.

Answer 1

The amount of people who do the hurdles:
$\frac{3}{8} \times 40 = 15$
From this 15 people, the following amount does long jump:
$\frac{4}{5} \times 15 = 12$
So the answer is 12 people.