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A horse-drawn carriage travels 47 2\3 kilometers in 4 1\3 hours. At this rate, how many kilometers does it travel per hour?



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11 kilometers per hour

Make 47⅔ and 4⅓ into improper fractions and divide

143/3 ÷ 13/3

Turn it into a multiplication problem and flip 13/3

143/3 × 3/13

Multiply across

429/39

Now divide the fraction

429 ÷ 39 = 11

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