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Jakobi has 16 pieces of candy. She eats 3/4 of them. how many pieces did Jacobi eat

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Hello!

To find how many pieces of candy Jakobi ate, you first need to convert 3/4 into a decimal, 0.75. You'd then multiply 16 w/ 0.75 getting 12!

So, Jakobi ate 12 pieces of candy

I hope this helps!!
User Reut
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Jakobi has 16 pieces of candy

She eats 3/4 of them

16 x 3/4

16 x 3 = 48

48/4 = 12

Jakobi eats 12 pieces of candy

hope this helps
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