Three-fifths of the passengers on a cruise are female. Half of the female passengers and one-third of the male passengers are Canadian. What fraction of the pas

Question

Three-fifths of the passengers on a cruise are female. Half of the female passengers and one-third of the male passengers are Canadian. What fraction of the passengers are Canadian?

Answer 1

Because 3/5 of the passengers are female, 2/5 are male.

 

Half of 3/5 = female Canadians = 3/10

 

One-third of 2/5 = male Canadians = 2/15

 

So, add 3/10 to 2/15 = 13/30