A newspaper’s cover page is 3/8 text, and photographs fill 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?

The article about endangered species is [tex]\frac{3}{20}[/tex] of the cover pageSolution:Given that, newspaper’s cover page is [tex]\frac{3}{8}[/tex] text and photographs fill the rest[tex]\frac{2}{5}[/tex] of the text is an article about endangered speciesTo find: fraction of the cover page that is the article about endangered speciesTherefore,[tex]\frac{2}{5}[/tex] of [tex]\frac{3}{8}[/tex] is article about endangered speciesThus we get,Article about endangered species = [tex]\frac{2}{5} \text{ of } \frac{3}{8}[/tex][tex]\rightarrow \frac{2}{5} \times \frac{3}{8} = \frac{6}{40}\\\\\text{Reducing to lowest terms, we get }\\\\\rightarrow \frac{6}{40} = \frac{3}{20}[/tex]Hence, the article about endangered species is [tex]\frac{3}{20}[/tex] of the cover page