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2.CarMP Attend to Precision Gilbert needsto move 20 3/4 lpounds of soil from a truckto a garden. His wheelbarrow can move6 pounds at one time. How many loads of soil will he have to move?Explain.

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Solution:

Gilbert needs to move pounds of soil from a truck to a garden using his wheelbarrow.

His wheelbarrow can move 6 pounds at one time.


\begin{gathered} 1\text{ wh}eelbarrow=6pounds \\ 1\text{wheelbarrow is one load at a time.} \end{gathered}
\text{Total soil to move from the truck to the garden= }20(3)/(4)\text{pounds}

Let the number of loads of soil he will have to move be x

Hence,


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