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A pet store had 3 cats. if they wanted to split 17 ounces of cat food amongst them, how much should each cat get? please tell me how you got the answer. Thanks!

Answer:
A. 3/17
B. 5 1/3
C. 3/5
D. 17/3

User Kameron
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Answer:3/17

Explanation:

because if your doing fractions like 5th grade math what ever numbers is first like the top fraction so for examples tom had 5 cakes and blah blah 13 people the fraction would be 5/13 cakes

User Michal M
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Answer:

D. 17/3

Explanation:

You would be dividing 17 by 3 or 17/3 (This is literally it just write the division problem).

User Rob Smallshire
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