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A bag holding 7 1/5 pounds of mixed nuts will be divided equally among 9 people. how many pounds of nuts will each person get?

please help asap thank u so much

User Itxaka
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0.8 pounds is the answer
So we are given 7.2 pounds of nuts which are to be decided among 9 ppl
Clearly 7.2/9 = 0.8
User LegendofPedro
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Answer:
(4)/(5) pounds

Explanation:

We will use division to solve this question. First, we will turn 7 1/5 into an improper fraction.

7 1/5 ➜ 36/5

(36/5) / (9)

Keep the first fraction, change to multiplication, use the reciprocal of the second fraction.

(36/5) * (1/9) = 4/5

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