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there are 5 turtles for every 6 sea lions at a zoo. how many turtles are there if there are 18 sea lion?

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Certainly, let's simplify it further:

If there are 18 sea lions and for every 6 sea lions there are 5 turtles, you can calculate it like this:

1. Divide the number of sea lions (18) by the group size (6) to find out how many groups there are:

\(18 \div 6 = 3\)

2. Now, for each group of 6 sea lions, there are 5 turtles. So, multiply the number of groups by 5 to find the total number of turtles:

\(3 groups \times 5 turtles per group = 15 turtles\)

So, there are 15 turtles if there are 18 sea lions at the zoo.
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