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Sam bought 86 pounds of flour for his bakery. Every day he used the same amount of flour to make bakery items. After 10 days, Sam was left with 25.2 pounds of flour. On average, how many pounds of flour did Sam use each day?

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Answer:

6.08

Explanation:

first, i subtracted 86 from 25.2 to get what he used in the 10 days, which was 60.8, then i would divide it by 10 bc of 10 days to get 6.08. Hope this helps!

User Pavle Predic
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86-25.2 = 60.8 pounds of flour used

60.8/10 = 6.08 pounds used per day

User David Horn
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