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Tom and his friend Huck were painting a fence. After 1.25 hours, they noticed that they had only painted 3/4 of the fence. What is the rate per hour at which they are painting the fence?

Tom and Huck are painting the fence at a rate of___ of the fence per hour.

User Steve Fan
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1.25 is the answer hope it helps
User Hyunju
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it is 1.25 divided by 3/4 but you have to convert it to decimals. so it is 1.25 divided by 0.75 ≈ 0.66
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