3. Simplify. Show your work. 3 over 8 times 1 over 5

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Find a common denominator between the 2 fractions, the common denominator would be 40. So you will Multiple 3/8 by 5/5 giving you 15/40, then you will multiply 1/5 by 8/8 giving you 8/40. Now you can can just add them together which is 23/40. *this answer cannot be simplified*

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A bakery sold a total of 3028 coffee buns and blueberry buns. 1560 more coffee buns were sold than the blueberry buns. How many

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Provided : Total sold bakery items : 3028 coffee buns and blueberry buns & 1560 more coffee buns were sold than the blueberry buns.

To find : Number of coffee buns the bakery sold

- First , Subtract 1560 from 3028 :

$\large{ \tt{→ \: 3028 - 1560 = 1468}}$

We just subtacted the number of more coffee buns from the number of told items sold which means that the number of coffee buns and the number of blueberry buns sold are equal for now. Now divide 1428 by 2 :

$\large{ \tt{→ \frac{1428}{2} = 734 }}$