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Tony is making small bags of bird seed from a larger bag of bird seed that wieghs 11.6 pounds if he puts the same amount in each of 6 bags how much will each bag wiegh?

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For this case we have the following division:
Weight each bag = Total weight / number of bags
Substituting values we have:
Weight each bag = (11.6) / (6)
Weight each bag = 1.933333333 pounds
Answer:
each bag will wiegh about:
1.933333333 pounds
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