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A sporting goods manufacturer requires 2/5 yd of fabric to make a pair of soccer shorts. How many shorts can be made from 12 yd of​ fabric?

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Answer:

They can make 5 pairs of shorts

Explanation:

2/5 of 12 is 4.8. you can't make 4.8 shorts so you have to round up to 5

- (I'm not 100% certain on this but I'll come back and edit this if it's wrong)

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