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Madeline has used 50 sheets of a roll of paper towels, which is 5/8 of the entire roll. The equation 5/8s = 50 can be used to find the number of sheets s in a full roll. Determine whether s = 32 or s = 80 is a solution of the equation, and tell what the solution means.

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Answer:

s=80

Explanation:

5/8ths is .625

80 x .625 =50


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