SOLUTION: about 2/3 of an orchestra is made up of string instruments. If 1/5 of the string instruments are violins, what fraction of the orchestra if made up of violins?

SOLUTION: about 2/3 of an orchestra is made up of string instruments. If 1/5 of the string instruments are violins, what fraction of the orchestra if made up of violins?

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Question 551831: about 2/3 of an orchestra is made up of string instruments. If 1/5 of the string instruments are violins, what fraction of the orchestra if made up of violins?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(2/3)*(1/5) = 2/15 of the instruments are violins
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