Solve application problems by multiplying fractions

If the President vetoes (refuses to sign) a bill, it takes \(\frac23\) of those voting in the House of Representatives (and the Senate) to override the veto for it to become law. If all 435 members of the House cast a vote, how many of their votes does it take to override a presidential veto?

votes = 1($)

Mr. Ibrahim is searching for a house to buy.  The website shows the details of the house where the land size is 350 m² and the house occupies 60% of the land.  How many meter squares does the house occupy?

House size = 1($)

Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), an Augustinian monk, is credited with developing a model that became the foundation of modern genetics. In his experiments, he crossed purple flowered plants with white-flowered plants and found that \(\frac34\) of the offspring plants had purple flowers and \(\frac14\) of them had white flowers.  Refer to the illustration below; which shows a group of offspring plants.  According to this concept, when the plants begin to flower, how many will have purple flowers?

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Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), an Augustinian monk, is credited with developing a model that became the foundation of modern genetics. In his experiments, he crossed purple flowered plants with white-flowered plants and found that \(\frac34\) of the offspring plants had purple flowers and \(\frac14\) of them had white flowers.  Refer to the illustration below; which shows a group of offspring plants.  According to this concept, when the plants begin to flower, how many will have purple flowers?

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Approximate the area of the state of Virginia (in square miles) using the triangle shown below

Area of state of Virginia = 1($)