Question
Of the cars in a used-car lot, 2/5 are the color gray. 1/3 of the gray cars are electrically powered vehicles. What fraction of the cars on the lot are both gray and electrically powered? Leave your answer I. Simplified fraction form.
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To find the fraction of cars on the lot that are both gray and electrically powered, we need to multiply the fractions representing the proportion of gray cars and the proportion of gray cars that are electrically powered.
The fraction of cars that are gray is 2/5.
The fraction of cars that are gray and electrically powered is 1/3 of 2/5.
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together: (2/5)*(1/3) = 2/15.
Therefore, the fraction of cars on the lot that are both gray and electrically powered is 2/15.
The fraction of cars that are gray is 2/5.
The fraction of cars that are gray and electrically powered is 1/3 of 2/5.
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators together and multiply the denominators together: (2/5)*(1/3) = 2/15.
Therefore, the fraction of cars on the lot that are both gray and electrically powered is 2/15.