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Matthew bought 45 oranges 3/5 of them to make orange juice how many oranges does he have left. Thx

User Forseti
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Answer:

18

Explanation:

First find out how many oranges he used to make the orange juice.

3/5 = 0.6

(45)(0.6)

27

He used 27 oranges to make the juice.

Now we can figure out how many oranges he has left.

45 - 27

18

Matthew has 18 oranges left.

Hope this helps!

User Gaurav Khare
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