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Suppose there are 1200 pencils in 30 jars with an equal number of pencils per jar. Write an expression to show how to find the number of pencils per jar

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Given :

Suppose there are 1200 pencils in 30 jars with an equal number of pencils per jar.

To Find :

Expression to show how to find the number of pencils per jar.

Solution :

Let, number of pencil per jar is x.

We know that when objects are equally distributed we should use divide to get our desired answer.


x = (1200)/(30)\\\\x = 40

Therefore, number of pencil per jar is 40.

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