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Bradley has three golfish , this is 1/5 times as many as Sam has , how manygoldfish does Sam have?

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Sam would have 15 goldfish. if Bradley has three and that's 1/5 of the amount Sam has then all you need to do is multiply three my five go get 15. Sam has 15 fish.
User Aashutosh Rathi
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We have an equation: 3/?= 1/5

Cross multiply:
1*?= 3*5
⇒ ?= 3*5= 15

Sam has 15 goldfish~
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