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Hector wants to fry 18 potatoes per hour for 3.5 hours. Every 6 potatoes he fries requires a gallon of oil. How many gallons of oil in total will he need?

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Answer:

he will need 10.5 gallons of oil to fry all of the potatoes.

Explanation:

He will be frying 63 potatoes. 18*(3.5)

Divide 63 by 6 because he will need a gallon for every 6 potatoes.

10.5 will be the number of gallons Hector will need.

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