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A baker bought some flour. He used 2/5 of the flour to make bread and used the rest to make batches of muffins. If he used 16 lb. of flour making bread and 2/3 lb. for each batch of muffins, how many batches of muffins did he make?

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Answer:

well you used 6.4 pounds of flour to make bread which means you have 9.6 pounds left so you could make about 14 batches

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