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Vicente wants to plant 3 different types of onions in 1/4 of his garden. He will use an equal amount of space to pkant each ytpe of onion. what fraction of the total garden space will contain each type of onion

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He has 1/4 of his garden to plant 3 types of onions equally in that space. Divide 1/4 by 3.

= 1/4 ÷ 3
when dividing fractions, multiply by reciprocal/inverse

= 1/4 ÷ 3/1
= 1/4 * 1/3
= (1*1)/(4*3)
= 1/12

He has 1/12 of his garden for each type of onion.

Hope this helps! :)
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