Question

at joes 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

You would expect the proportion to be 1/20.

1/4(1/5) = 1/20.

Answer 2

Answer:

$\frac{1}{20}$

Explanation:

Suppose there are x patron in the Joes restaurant.

$\frac{1}{4} ^{th}$ patron are male

$\frac{1}{5} ^{th}$ patron are outside of the town.

Now we need to find the proportion of male and out of town.

In order to find out the proportion, we will multiply both the fractions together.

$\frac{1}{4}* \frac{1}{5}$

In case of fraction multiplication, we will multiplying both numerator together and denominator together.

= $\frac{1*1}{4*5}$

=  $\frac{1}{20}$

Final answer is 1/20.

I hope its help you.