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A carpenter makes legs for 3-legged stools and 4-legged tables. He makes a total of 46 legs. He could have made legs for how many 3-legged stools? A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 16

User Kachanov
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C. 12

you just divide 46 by 3 which equals 15.33 so given your choices he could have made legs for 12 stools


User Rudy Lattae
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46 divided by 3 would be the equation which you can round to 16
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