Meg takes 3/5 to read a book. Her friends take 2/3 of the time she takes. How long will it take her friend to read 3 similar boo
ks?
1 answer:
so Meg's friend is a faster reader, if Meg takes 3/5 of an hour I guess, to read one book, her friend takes 2/3 of that.
how much is 2/3 of 3/5? well, is just their product.
![\bf \cfrac{3}{5}\cdot \cfrac{2}{3}\implies \cfrac{3}{3}\cdot \cfrac{2}{5}\implies 1\cdot \cfrac{2}{5}\implies \cfrac{2}{5}\impliedby \textit{for one book only} \\\\\\ \stackrel{first~book}{\cfrac{2}{5}}+\stackrel{second~book}{\cfrac{2}{5}}+\stackrel{third~book}{\cfrac{2}{5}}\implies \cfrac{6}{5}\implies 1\frac{1}{5}\impliedby \textit{for three books}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20%5Ccfrac%7B3%7D%7B5%7D%5Ccdot%20%5Ccfrac%7B2%7D%7B3%7D%5Cimplies%20%5Ccfrac%7B3%7D%7B3%7D%5Ccdot%20%5Ccfrac%7B2%7D%7B5%7D%5Cimplies%201%5Ccdot%20%5Ccfrac%7B2%7D%7B5%7D%5Cimplies%20%5Ccfrac%7B2%7D%7B5%7D%5Cimpliedby%20%5Ctextit%7Bfor%20one%20book%20only%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%20%5Cstackrel%7Bfirst~book%7D%7B%5Ccfrac%7B2%7D%7B5%7D%7D%2B%5Cstackrel%7Bsecond~book%7D%7B%5Ccfrac%7B2%7D%7B5%7D%7D%2B%5Cstackrel%7Bthird~book%7D%7B%5Ccfrac%7B2%7D%7B5%7D%7D%5Cimplies%20%5Ccfrac%7B6%7D%7B5%7D%5Cimplies%201%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B5%7D%5Cimpliedby%20%5Ctextit%7Bfor%20three%20books%7D)
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