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Sarah pained her birdhouse this weekend. She painted 1/5 of her birdhouse with 2/3 cans of paint. How many cans of paint will she need to complete her birdhouse

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Answer:

8/3 or 2.666666..........

Explanation:

20% = 2/3

100 / 20 = 5

so it will take 5 * 2/3 or (10/3) to paint the whole house

but use had used 2/5

so the Answer is (10/3) - (2/5) = 8/3

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