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the gatorade cooler has 36 cups of water if a serving is 5/6 of a cup how many servings are in the cooler

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=36 ÷ 5/6
to divide fractions, multiply by reciprocal/inverse of 5/6

=36 * 6/5
multiply numerators

=(36*6)/5
=216/5 or 43 1/5 or 43.2 servings

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