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Jordan bought 9 Over 16 pound of sunflower seeds and divided them evenly into 9 snack bags for his lunch. What is the weight of sunflower seeds in each snack bag?

a. 1/16
b. 1/ 9
c. 16/ 81
d. 81/ 16

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Final answer:

To find the weight of sunflower seeds in each snack bag, divide the total weight by the number of bags. Jordan bought 9 over 16 pounds of sunflower seeds and if divided evenly into 9 bags, each snack bag would have 1/16 pounds of sunflower seeds.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the weight of sunflower seeds in each snack bag, we need to divide the total weight of the seeds by the number of bags. Jordan bought 9 over 16 pounds of sunflower seeds, which is the same as 9/16 pounds. To divide this evenly into 9 bags, we divide 9/16 pounds by 9, which gives us 1/16 pounds, or option a.

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