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the store is having a promotion. for every 8 glasses you buy, you get 3 free plates. Malcolm got 9 free plates. how many glasses did he buy?
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the store is having a promotion. for every 8 glasses you buy, you get 3 free plates. Malcolm got 9 free plates. how many glasses did he buy?

User Rosita
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This is a ratio 8 glasses per 3 plates.

8:3

We multiply 3 plates by 3 to get 9 so multiply 8 by 3 to get 24.

24 glasses
User Justin Obney
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he got 24 glasses bc 3 plates is 8 glasses so 9 will be 24

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