"The diameter of Pluto is 6/17 the diameter of Mars. Mars has 17/300 the diameter of Saturn. What fraction of the diameter of Saturn is the diameter of Pluto?"

The diameter of Pluto is 617 the diameter of Mars Mars has 17300 the diameter of Saturn What fraction of the diameter of Saturn is the diameter of Pluto class=

Respuesta :

1/50 This is just a matter of multiplying the two fractions you've been given together. You can make things easier for you by doing some reduction of the fraction before you multiply the numbers together. 6/17 * 17/300 = (6 * 17)/(17 * 300) Since you have a factor of 17 both top and bottom, they cancel each other out, giving (6 * 17)/(17 * 300) = 6/300 And since the greatest common factor for 6 and 300 is 6, you can divide both top and bottom by 6 giving 6/300 = 1/50 So Pluto as 1/50 of the diameter as Saturn.