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Charity Jars (Part 1) (Use equivalent fractions to solve word problems involving addition of fractions with like and unlike denominators)

Alex owns a supermarket; she placed an empty charity jar of the same size on each of her two counters. Jar A is marked by the following scale of fractions, one thirds, two thirds, 1. And jar B is marked by the following scale, one fifth, two fifths, three fifths, four fifths, 1. At the end of the week, one third of jar A and two fifths of jar B were filled with coins. What fraction can represent the amount of coins in both jars?