In A fith grade class 3/4 of th students like to go to the movies. Of the students who like to go to the movies 2/3 of them like action movies. Of the students who like to go to action movies 4/5 of them like comedians. What fraction of the students in the class like to go to action movies?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraction of students that like movies: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [tex] \dfrac{3}{4} [/tex]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraction of the students like action movies : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [tex] \dfrac{2}{3} \times \dfrac{3}{4} = \dfrac{6}{12} = \dfrac{1}{2} [/tex]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraction of the students who like action and comedy movies: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [tex] \dfrac{4}{5} \times \dfrac{1}{2} = \dfrac{4}{10} = \dfrac{2}{5} [/tex]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answer: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [tex] \dfrac{2}{5} \text { of the students like action and comedy movies. }[/tex]