in Yoshi's garden three quarters of the flowers are tulips of the tulips 2/3 of them are yellow what fraction of the flowers in Yoshi's garden are yellow tulips
so 3/4 of flowers are tulips 2/3 of tulips are yellow what fraction are yellowtulips 2/3 of 3/4 are yellow tulips 'of' means mutily 2/3 times 3/4=(2 times 3)/(3 times 4)=6/12=1/2