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a moving company had 1/5 of a ton of weight to move across town. if they wanted to split it equally amongst 7 trips how much weight would they have on each trip

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Given:

A moving company had 1/5 of a ton of weight to move across town.

They wanted to split it equally amongst 7 trips

so, we will divide 1/5 by 7 to get the answer

so,


(1)/(5)/7=(1)/(5)*(1)/(7)=(1)/(35)

so, the answer will be:

The weight of each trip = (1/35) ton

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