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April worked 1 1/2 times as long on her math project as Carl. For how many hours did April work on her math project?

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April worked 1 1/2 times as long on her math project as Carl. For how many hours did-example-1
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Answer: 7 7/8 hours long

Explanation:

April worked 1 1/2 times as long as Carl did. 1 1/2 can be rewritten as 3/2. Number of Hours April worked on math project 3/2 times the Number of Hours Carl worked on Math project. Which Carl worked 5 1/4 hours long, which can be rewritten as 21/4

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