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Question
A painter painted `3/8` of the wall of which one third is painted in yellow colour. What fraction is the yellow colour of the entire wall?
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Solution
Painted portion of the wall = `3/8`
Of Which the yellow colour painted = `1/3`
∴ Yellow colour in the entire wall = `1/3` of `3/8`
= `1/3 xx 3/8`
= `1/8`
`1/8` of the wall is painted yellow.
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