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11 gallons of water are used to completely fill 5 fish tanks. if each tank holds the same amount of water, how many gallons will each tank hold? solve on paper and check your work on zearn. express your answer as a mixed number

User Billy Jo
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Answer:


2(1)/(5)

Explanation:

The 11 gals of water are equally split up into 5 tanks, so divide 11 by 5.


(11)/(5) then simplifies into
2(1)/(5)

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