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Maya has 54 cubic feet in her garden she already has 4.5 cublc feet of soil .Soil bags have 1.5 how many bags should maya purchace.

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Answer: 33

Explanation:

The cubic feet needed is 54 and she already has 4.5 cubic feet of soil. This mean that she will need 49.5 more.

= 54 - 4.5

= 49.5

Since each soil bag has 1.5, the number of soil bags needed will be:

= 49.5 / 1.5.

= 33

Therefore, she'll need 33 bags

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