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2-98.
Draw diagrams to represent each fraction.
Now change the diagram to have common denominators. Then solve.
Draw a diagram like part (a) to help you solve this problem.
Draw a rectangle divided in to thirds and fifths!
Shade in three-fifths.
Shade in one-third.
The darker overlapping region is your answer.
See part (c).