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Wayne has 3/4 of a pound of bird seed left to share equally among 6 bird cages in his pet shop. How many pounds can he put in each bird cage?

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Madison, this is the solution:

Number of bird cages = 6

Total bird seed Wayne has = 3/4 of a pound

For calculating the amount of pounds in each bird cage, we need to divide the total bird seed by the number of bird cages, as follows:

3/4 / 6

We use the multiplicative inverse of 6 that is 1/6

Therefore,

3/4 * 1/6 = 3/24

Simplifying:

3/24 = 1/8

Wayne can put 1/8 of a pound of bird seed in each bird cage.

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