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26 January, 07:33

Fabian harvests 10 pounds of tomatoes from his garden he needs 2 2/5 pound to make a batch of soup. If he sets aside 2.8 pounds of tomatoes to make spaghetti sauce, how many batches of soup can He make

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  1. 26 January, 07:49
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    He can make 3 batches of soup.

    Starting with 10 pounds of tomatoes and taking out the number of pounds he sets aside for spaghetti sauce, 2.8, we have:

    10-2.8 = 7.2 pounds left.

    0.2 is read as "two tenths," so 7.2 = 7 2/10

    We divide this remaining number of pounds by 2 2/5 for each batch of soup:

    7 2/10 : 2 2/5

    Convert each to an improper fraction:

    72/10 : 12/5

    Multiply by the reciprocal:

    72/10 * 5/12 = 360/120 = 3
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