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All flour from five bags with 3/8 lbs of flour in each was divided into equal parts to make 7 loaves of bread. How can you calculate the amount of flour used for each loaf?

Also I now it is not F or B

User Miquel
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Answer:

15/56 lb of flour in each loaf

Explanation:

There are 5 bags.

Each bag has 3/8 lb of flour.

The total amount of flour is 5 × 3/8 lb = 15/8 lb

The total amount of flour was divided into 7 equal parts.

Each part has

15/8 lb ÷ 7 = 15/8 lb × 1/7 = 15/56 lb

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