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Marcella divided 40.8g of paint among 8 containers. how much paint is in each container? i got 40.8/8=5.1 but i need that as a fraction.. anyone got a answer?

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Your answer is right in a fraction form you would put 5.1 over 1 and times both the denominator and numerator by a 100 it would give you 510 over 100, you divide this by 10 and it would give you 51 over 10 and this will be in the simplest form
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