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3 siblings are weeding a flower bed with an erea of 9 square yards. If they share the job equally, how many square yards of the flower bed will each child need to weed?

User Pawel Gumiela
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Answer:

I believe it's going to be2 1/4 square feet

User Huanggh
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Answer:

2 1/4 square yards

Explanation:

We have been given that Matthew and his 3 siblings are weeding a flower bed with an area of 9 square yards.

All person weeding flower bed: .

To find the area in square yards weeded by each child, we will divide total area of flower bed by 4.

Therefore, each child weeded square yards of flower bed.

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