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15 lb of beans are distributed equally into 10 bags that give out of at the food bank how many pounds of beans are in each bag until your answer in simplest form

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Determine the pounds of beans in each bag.


\begin{gathered} (15)/(10)=(3\cdot5)/(2\cdot5) \\ =(3)/(2) \\ =1(1)/(2) \end{gathered}

So answer is 1 1/2.

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