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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?

Correct result:

x =  0.0667

Solution:

$x={\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}}\cdot {\displaystyle \frac{1}{5}}={\displaystyle \frac{1}{15}}=0.0667$

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