Paxton multiplied 2/3 and 5/8 and came up with 30/24. What mistakes did Paxton make and what is the correct answer to Paxton's math problem?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Paxton multiplied 2/3 times the 5 in the numerator. Then he multiplied the 3 and 8 in the denominator.

The correct way to solve this problem would be to multiply the numerators and then multiply the denominators. This would give you 10/24. You can then divide the numerator and deonminator by 2 and get 5/12.