# One-third 2

One-third of the people in a barangay petitioned the council to allow them to plant in vacant lots and another 1/5 of the people petitioned to have a regular garbage collection. What FRACTION of the barangay population made the petition?

Result

x =  0.067

#### Solution:

$x=\dfrac{ 1 }{ 3 } \cdot \ \dfrac{ 1 }{ 5 }=\dfrac{ 1 }{ 15 } \doteq 0.0667 \doteq 0.067$

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