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Chayanne baked some cupcakes for her friends.She baked 24 cupcakes.Each cupcake is 2/15 pound.If she packed 6 cupcakes in each box,what is the weight of each box?

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Answer:


4/5\ or\ 0.8\ pounds

Explanation:

Chayanne baked some cupcakes for her friends. She baked 24 cupcakes. Each cupcake is 2/15 pound. If she packed 6 cupcakes in each box, what is the weight of each box?


6*2/15\\12/15\\4/5\\

Each box weighs
4/5\ or\ 0.8\ pounds

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