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If the weight of 12 sheets of thick paper is 40 g how many sheets of the same paper would weight 2 1/2 kg

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Half of 40 is 20 half of 12 is 6 so 20=6 half that again its 10=3 half again and its 5=1.5 half again to get the answer and its 2.5kgs or paper is 7000 sheets of paper
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Explanation:

40x=2500×12

x=(2500×12):40

x=750 sheets

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