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Hannah is getting balloons for her father's birthday party. She wants each balloon strain to be 12 ft long. At the party store string is sold by the yard. If Hannah wants to get 48 balloons how many yards of string was she need.

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she will need 193 yards of string
User Cheffe
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Answer: 192 yards

Step-by-step explanation:

1 balloon needs 12 ft of string.

48 balloons need 48*12 = 576 ft of string.

Divide by 3 to convert from feet to yards. This is because 1 yard = 3 ft.

576 ft = 576/3 = 192 yards

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