The newspapers cover page is 3/8 text and photographs filled the rest if 2/5 of the text is an article about endangered species, what fraction of the cover page is the article about endangered species
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The fraction of text -3/8 of the cover page From this fraction of text only 2/5 of the text is about endangered species We are asked to find out what the fraction of the cover page is that covers endangered species In this 2/5 of 3/8 is about endangered species Therefore to obtain the answer we need to multiply the two fractions 2/5 * 3/8 Fraction of the cover page about endangered species is therefore = 2/5 * 3/8 = 0.15