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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 whole cover page is the article about endangered species?

Correct answer:

x =  0.15

Step-by-step explanation:

$x={\displaystyle \frac{3}{8}}\cdot {\displaystyle \frac{2}{5}}={\displaystyle \frac{3}{20}}=0.15$

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