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A bag of 12 oranges weighs 4 1/2 pounds, if the oranges are about the same size, how many pounds does each orange weigh

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Your answer would be 7 7/8 pounds


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0.385

Take the weight of the bag and divide it by the number of oranges in the bag (12) which is:

4.5 / 12 = 0.385

Each orange weighs 0.385 pounds.

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