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zach's bird feeder holds 3/4 cup of birdseed. Zach is filling the bird feeder with a scoop that holds 3/8 of a cup. how many scoops of birdseed will Zach put into the feeder

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2

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User Sherrellbc
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To find this out, you need these fractions to have a common denominator.

Take the 3/4 and multiply by 2/2 to get 6/8, which has the same denominator.

(8/3)6/8=3/8x(8/3)
48/24=x
2=x

Hope this helps!
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