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Vanessa bought a 30 pound bag of rice she cooked 7.5 pounds of the rice she stores the rest of the rice in 4.5 pound portions what is the maximum number of portions she stored

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Given :

Vanessa bought a 30 pound bag of rice she cooked 7.5 pounds of the rice she stores the rest of the rice in 4.5 pound portions.

To Find :

The maximum number of portions she stored.

Solution :

Let, number of portions she stored is n.

Amount of rice left, A = 30 - 7.5 = 22.5 pounds.

Now, number of portions of 4.5 pounds she stored :


n = (22.5)/(4.5)\\\\n = 5

Therefore, maximum number of portions she stored is 5.

Hence, this is the required solution.

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