SOLUTION: Karen collected local and foreign coins. Of the coins in her collection, 1/4 are foreign coins. Of the foreign coins, 2/5 are from Mexico. What fraction of the collection are forei

Question 854627: Karen collected local and foreign coins. Of the coins in her collection, 1/4 are foreign coins. Of the foreign coins, 2/5 are from Mexico. What fraction of the collection are foreign coins that are not from Mexico?
5/5-2/5=3/5
1/4*3/5= 3/20 not from Mexico; Am I correct?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
or 25% of the coins are foreign.
Of that 25%, or 40% are from Mexico.
Multiply .25 * .4 to get .1 -- 10% are from Mexico.

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