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Samantha works at a nursery, where she pots plants. it takes her 1 1/2 hours to pot 12 plants.

how many plants can samantha pot in 1 hour?
12 (operation i dont know) n = (the number of plants she can pot in 1 hour)

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Answer:

She could plant 9 plants.

Explanation:

1 1/2 hours = 90 minutes, so 12 plants per 90 minutes. Which would mean 6 plants per 45 minutes. So in between 45 and 90 minutes (1 hour), and in between 6 and 12 plants (9).

Sorry if you didn't understand, I'm bad at explaining.

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