SOLUTION: stanley found alot of seashells at the beach.Of the seashells, he found 5/8 were blue.If 3/5 of the blue shells were scallop shells, what fraction of the total shells were blue sca

Question 747266: stanley found alot of seashells at the beach.Of the seashells, he found 5/8 were blue.If 3/5 of the blue shells were scallop shells, what fraction of the total shells were blue scallop shells?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The blue scallop shells were 3/5 of 5/8 of the total shells

The blue scallop shells were 3/8 of the total shells
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