You reserve #2/5# of the seats on a tour bus. You are able to fill #5/8# of the seats you reserve. What fraction of the seats on the bus are you able to fill?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-24T11:53:04

I was able to fill # 1/4# th of the total seats .

Let the total seats on bus is #x#.

I reserved # 2/5 x# seats .

I filled # (5/8*2/5 x) = 1/4 x# seats

Therefore I was able to fill # 1/4#th of the total seats . [Ans]