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If it takes 1/5 of an hour to paint one section of the fence how many section can she paint in 2 hours ?

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Answer: 10sections

Explanation:

1/5 of an hour to paint one section

2hours to paint how many

Let the unknown section be y

1/5hr.............1section......equation 1

2hr................y......equation 2

Cross multiply

1/5y=2×1

Y/5=2

Y=2×5

Y=10 sections

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