Question

In a school orchestra, 2/5 of the students are string players. Of the string players, 5/8 are girls. What fraction of all the students in the orchestra are girls who play string instruments.

Answer 1

(2/5) * (5/8) = 10/40 = 1/4

Answer 2

2/5 + 5/8 = 7/13 but I checked and I was wrong

Answer 3

it's $9.24