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How do you divide 50 by 60 and get 85

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you cant get the answer... if u divide you eather have even numbers or like for example 5 10 15 20 do u get the patters it is 5 plus 5 plus 5 another method is repeated subtraction
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you cannot get that answer.... when you divide. Put the number into a fraction first so, it makes it easier to see what you are doing. So,
(50)/(60).Now simplify the cross off the zero from the top and the bottom to get
(5)/(6). So,
(5)/(6) will give you 0.83333333333...3.
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