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12 1/3 square feet in 1/5 of an hour. How many square feet can she paint in one hour

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Answer:

30 5/6 square feet

Step-by-step explanation:

First you need to know how much she can paint in 1/5 hour. So you're going to be dividing mixed numbers. To do that you need to make 12 1/3 a fraction:

12*3=36

36+1=37

12 1/3= 37/3

Divide by 2. With fractions you flip the second and multiply

37/3 ÷ 2/1 = 37/3 *1/2

Multiply top by top bottom by bottom

37*1=37

3*2=6

37/6 is what she can paint in 1/5 hour

Now you need to multiply that by 5 (5/5= 1 which means a full hour)

So we use 5/1 to multiply by 5 in fraction form.

37/6 * 5/1

37*5=185

6*1=6

Now simplify (turn it back into a mixed number)

185/6= 185÷6

30 with a remainder of 5

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Answer:

30 5/6 square feet

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