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Buster eats 5 lbs of food in 3 months. Find how much Buster eats in one month.

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Answer:5/3 lbs or 1.666... lbs a month

Explanation:

5 lbs: 3 months is a ratio of lbs to months so in order to find how much Buster eats in 1 month you need to find a way to set the months = to 1

in order to do this you divide each side by 3

5/3=3/3

simplify the fractions and you get

5/3: 1

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