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Felipe has a flower bed with area 25/4 ft². He expands the flower bed to have area 75/4 ft². How many square feet of space does the larger flower bed have for every square foot of the smaller flower bed? Show your work.

User Likejudo
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  • Previous area=25/4ft^2
  • New area=75/4

Expanded:-


\\ \star\sf\longmapsto (75)/(4)/ (25)/(4)


\\ \star\sf\longmapsto (75)/(4)* (4)/(25)


\\ \star\sf\longmapsto (75)/(25)


\\ \star\sf\longmapsto 3times

User MrMadsen
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Answer:

  • 3

Explanation:

It is asking how many times the flower bed expanded:

  • 75/4 ÷ 25/4 =
  • 75/4 × 4/25 =
  • 75/25 =
  • 3
User Milos Savanovic
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