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Marianne buys 16 bags of potting soil what comes in 5/8 pounds of bags how many pounds of potting soil does Marianne buy? (Please Help and explain)

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because each bag is 5/8 pounds you would divide 5/8 and 16 and get 25.6
so the answer is Mariannne has 25.6 pounds of potting soil
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