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Reaner Recycling collected 7/4 ton of aluminum last Saturday. If 7/8 ton of aluminum can be shredded each day, how many days will it take to process what was collected on Saturday?

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Answer:

2 days

Explanation:

You would have to change 7/4 to have the same common denominator as 7/8, which is 8. 7/4 is equal to 14/8, or 1 6/8. Then you would subtract 1 6/8 by 7/8. What would be left would be 7/8. And of course, 7/8 minus 7/8 would be 0.

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