zoe;s shirts fill 3 1/4 boxes. If she empties 2/5 of the boxes how many boxes will she empty?

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Answer 1

3 ¹/₄ → ¹³/₄

¹³/₄ * ²/₅ = []

We can factor out a 2 in the denominator and numerator respectively:

¹³/₂ * ¹/₅ = 13/10, or 1 ³/₁₀ boxes emptied.