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Huixian needs to pack 171 pens 63 pencils and 27 erasers find the number of each item in a gift bag

User Muneer
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Answer:

19 pens, 7 pencils, 3 erasers

Explanation:

Huxian needs to pack 171 pens

63 pencils

27 erasers

Hence the items can be divided in 9 bags

171/9

= 19

63/9

= 7

27/9

= 3

They can be packed in each bags as follows

19 pens

7 pencils

3 erasers

User Stuart Gough
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