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Amin has 16 pots of equal size. He used 9 bags of potting soil to fill 12 of the pots. At that rate, how many bags of potting soil does Amin need to fill the remaining 4 pots?

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Answer:

3 bags

Explanation:

Given

  • Amin has 16 pots
  • He fills 12 of them with 9 bags of soil

Solving

  • No. of bags per pot = 9/12
  • No. of bags per pot = 0.75
  • Remaining pots = 3
  • Bags needed = 0.75 x 3 = 2.25 bags
  • 3 bags (nearest whole number)
User Yann Pellegrini
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Answer:

5 1/3 bags

Explanation:

12/9 = 1 1/3 bags per pot

4 * 1 1/3 = 5 1/3 bags to fill the pots

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