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The Lee family made a 9-pound turkey for dinner. If each person will eat 13 of a pound, how many people will it take to finish the turkey?

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Answer: 27people

Explanation:

The turkey weighs 9 pounds.

Each member of the family will eat 1/3 of a pound.

If this is the case, the number of people that it would take to finish the turkey will be:

= Weight of turkey / Pounds eaten per person

= 9 ÷ 1/3

= 9 * 3/1

= 27people

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