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You make homemade lip balm. About 11% of the lip balm is made from beeswax. You make 4 and two-fifths teaspoons of the lip balm. About how many teaspoons of beeswax do you need? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

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0.5 teaspoons and your welcome
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You need about 0.48 teaspoons of beeswax

4 2/5 = 4.4

4.4 x 11% = .48
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