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If joe has12 checkers and 5/6 of them are red how many are red

User Pier
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Answer:

10 are red

Explanation:

User Zosim
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Given:

The number of checkers is 12.

The number of red is 5/6 times of 12.

Multiply 5/6 and 12 to find the number of red.


\text{The number of red =}(5)/(6)*12


\text{The number of red =}5*2


\text{The number of red =}10

Hence there are 10 red in checkers.

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