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Maria plans to fill pots in her garden with soil and plant food. Maria has 8 1/2 quarts of soil as 1 1/2 quarts of plant food. Each pot requires 3/4 quart of soil. For how many pots does Maria have enough soil?

User AndreFeijo
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1. You have the following information:

- Maria has 8 1/2 quarts of soil.
- Each pot requires 3/4 quart of soil.

2. Keeping this on mind, you can convert the mixed number 8 1/2 and the fracion 3/4 to decimals, as below:

8 1/2=8.5 quarts
3/4=0.75 quarts

3. Therefore, you have:

1 pot-----0.75 quarts
x-----8.5 quarts

x=(8.5x1)/0.75
x=11 pots

For how many pots does Maria have enough soil?

The answer is: 11 pots


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