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rosy waxes 2/3 of her car with 1/4 bottles of a car wax. at this rate, what fraction of the bottle of car wax will rosy use to wax her entire car?

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The rate would be 2 and 2/3

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(b/4)/(2c/3)=xb/c

(b/4)(3/(2c))=xb/c

3b/8c=xb/c

x=3/8

So Rosy will use 3/8 of a bottle to wax her entire car.
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