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a container of 3 metal beans weighed one fifth of a ton. if every beam weighed the same amount, how heavy was each ?
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a container of 3 metal beans weighed one fifth of a ton. if every beam weighed the same amount, how heavy was each ?

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we know all three weight 1/5 of a ton, how much is it for one?

well, since there are 3 of them, one is just 1/3 of the whole 1/5 of a ton, how much is 1/3 of 1/5? well, is just its product,


\bf \cfrac{1}{3}\cdot \cfrac{1}{5}\implies \cfrac{1}{15}\textit{ of a ton}
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