The newspapers cover page is 3/8 text and photographs filled the rest if 2/5 of the text is an article about endangered species, what fraction of the cover page is the article about endangered species

The fraction of text -3/8 of the cover page
From this fraction of text only 2/5 of the text is about endangered species
We are asked to find out what the fraction of the cover page is that covers endangered species
In this 2/5 of 3/8 is about endangered species
Therefore to obtain the answer we need to multiply the two fractions
2/5 * 3/8
Fraction of the cover page about endangered species is therefore = 2/5 * 3/8
= 0.15

Uneed to add them up 27+18+23=68

Yes you do, so £1973.09 - £1473.50 = £499.59 so tim overpaid £499.59 .hope this ; )