At a neighborhood park, 1/3 of the area of the park is to used for a new playground. Swings will be placed on 1/4 of the area of the playground. What fraction of the neighborhood park will the swing area be? Explain the process you used to find your answer.

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Leonidas Tucker

4 March, 22:41

At a neighborhood park, 1/3 of the area of the park is to used for a new playground. Swings will be placed on 1/4 of the area of the playground. What fraction of the neighborhood park will the swing area be? Explain the process you used to find your answer.

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Clark · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

so 1/3 of the area of the park is for a playground ... and 1/4 of the area of the playground is for swings

what fraction of the park is the swing area?

so 1/4 of 1/3 is for swings

1/4 (1/3) = 1/12 <== = so 1/12 of the playground is for swings