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Carson bought 12 balloons. 5/6 of the balloons are purple. How many of the balloons are purple?

User EcksDy
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Answer

Explanation:

10 balloons

divide 12 by 2. You have your demonator of 6

then you have a numerator of 5

then you just multiply 2 by 5 to get 10

so you have 10 purple balloons

User Leonardofed
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Answer:

10

Explanation:

12 divided by 6 is 2

2 times 5 is 10

x/12 = 5/6

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