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Samuel bought 4 rolls of tape to seal boxes. Each roll contains 32.9 meters of tape. He uses 1.2 meters of this tape to seal each box. What is the total number of boxes Samuel can seal with these 4 rolls of tape?

User Dotism
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Answer:

The total number of boxes able to be sealed with this amount of tape is 109.6

Explanation:

User Vanethos
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Answer:

109

Explanation:

32.9 × 4 = 131.6

131.6 ÷ 1.2 = 109.6666666667

round down because you can seal 1 more box with .7 m of tape.

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