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Rosa has 3 3/4 pounds of dough. She uses 1/8 of a pound for one roll. How many folks could be made from rosa's dough

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She can make 30 rolls from her dough.

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(3 3/4)/(1/8) rule: a b/c=(ac+b)/c

(15/4)/(1/8) rule (a/b)/(c/d)=(a/b)*(d/c)

(15/4)(8/1)

120/4 simplify by dividing numerator and denominator by 4

30

So with 3 3/4 pounds of dough, she can make 30 rolls.
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