the distance Tom has to walk is - 3/8 of a mile from this distance he has only walked a fraction of 4/5. he has walked 4/5th of the distance being 3/8 of a mile 4/5th of 3/8 we need to multiply the 2 fractions here as 'of' is the operator here. 4/5 x 3/8 [tex] \frac{4}{5} * \frac{3}{8} [/tex] since its multiplication denominators are multiplied with denominators and numerators are multiplied with numerators [tex] \frac{ 4*3}{5*8} = \frac{12}{40} [/tex] we can simplify this fraction further [tex] \frac{12 /4}{40/4} = \frac{3}{10} [/tex]
