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Freddy has a shelf that is 72/5 inches wide. How many catalogs can freddy arrange on the shelf if each catalog is 4/5 of an inch thick?

User Shamika
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Answer: 18 catalogs.

Explanation:

(72 / 5) ÷ (4 / 5) =

(72 / 5) × (5/4) =

360 / 20 =

18

Hope this helped! :)

User Inx Maurya
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Hey!

72/5 ÷ 4/5

All you have to do is divide 72 by 4 because the denominator is the same.

72 ÷ 4 = 18

Answer ⇒ 18 catalogs

Hope this helps! :)
User Pranav Rastogi
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