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Rick knows that 1 cup of glue weighs 1/18 pound. he has 2/3 pound of glue. how many cups of glue does he have

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Answer:

Rick has 12 cups of glue

Explanation:

so we know that 1 cup is 1/18 so we need to convert 2/3 into eighteenths. I know that 3 × 6 is 18 so 2/3 × 6 is 12/18 so rick has 12 cups of glue

User Christian Witts
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(2/3) / (1/18) =
2/3 * 18/1 =
36/3 =
12 cups <===
User Paul Kuliniewicz
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