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Mavis tiene 15 galones de sidra que distribuye a 5 aulas ¿cuanta sidra recibe cada aula?

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Answer:

Each classroom receives 3 gallons of cider

Explanation:

The question in English is

Mavis has 15 gallons of cider that it distributes to 5 classrooms. How much cider does each classroom receive?

To find out how much cider each class receives (assuming it is equally divided), divided the total gallons of cider by the number of classrooms (unit rate)

Let

x ----> the total gallons of cider

y ----> the number of classrooms

so


(x)/(y)

we have


x=15\ gal\\y=5\ classrooms

substitute


(x)/(y)=(15)/(5)=3\ (gal)/(classroom)

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