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If a number is divided by eleven, the solution is two-fifths. What is the number?

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The number is 4 2/5.

Setting up the equation, we have
x/11 = 2/5

Multiply both sides by 11:
x = 2/5(11) = 2/5(11/1) = 22/5 = 4 2/5
User Erekalper
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let
x----------> the number

we know that
x/11=2/5-----> x=11*2/5-------> x=22/5

the answer is
the number is 22/5
User Joline
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