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A child needs to take 1/2 tablespoons of medicine per day in 4 equal doses. How much medicine is in each dose?

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User Eendroroy
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Answer:

it would be 1/8

Step-by-step explantion:

simply divide

1/2÷4

=1/8

(that should be right)

User Giorgio Minardi
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Answer:

1/8 tablespoons

Explanation:

Since the child needs to take 1/2 tablespoons off medicine per day in 4 equal doses, you will divide the 1/2 tablespoons into 4 equal doses, so you need to divide by 4.

You can do this by multiplying 1/2 by 1/4.


(1)/(2) * (1)/(4) = (1)/(8)

User Jaspreet
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