Question

If you can buy 4⁄5 of a pound of ham for 3 dollars, how much can you purchase for 10 dollars? Write your answer as a fraction of a pound.

Answer 1

4/5 pounds for 3 $ 
hence for 1$ we get 4/15 pounds
then for 10$ we would get 4*10/15 =40/15 = 8/3