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After painting 3/8 of a fence he finds that he has painted 15 feet

User Yawmoght
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Answer:

ok whats the question tho is it the total length of the fence if it is its 40 pretty sure

Explanation:

3/8 of the fence lets say x, equals 15 feet

divide 15 by 3/8 to find x which is 40

User RichardCL
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Answer: I'm assuming you want to know how much surface area his fence is, so 40

Step-by-step explanation: First we can divide 15 by 3 to get 5, and then multiply 5 by 8. This gives us 40, which is our answer.

Hope this helps :)

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