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Kyle had 5/7lb of birdseed. Each bird feeder holds 1/5 lb of seed. can kyle fill 5 bird feeders

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5 *1/5 But she only 5/7 so she need to add more to it
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No, because

5 bird feeders with each having 1/5 would mean that he would need 5 x 1/5 = 1 pound

But he only has 5/7 pounds. He would need 2/7 more pounds to fill 5 bird feeders.
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