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Nine pounds of rice was divided evenly into 5 separate bags to be sold separately. How many pound of rice was in EACH of the bags?

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1.8 pounds in each bag.
Step-by-step explanation:
This is just simple division its dividing 9 pound bag into 5 equal bags.
9รท5=1.8
User Ken Li
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You would just divided 9 by 5 which is 1.8 so it would be 1.8 pounds per bag.
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