Well theoretically speaking you could but that would take a long time and 15 and 30 have a common factor of 5 and 15. So I think for this one you can't since there are two common factors.

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3 years ago

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Amira has 3/4 of a bag of cat food. her cat eats 3/4 lbs of a bag per week

Stels [109]

Answer:

1 week

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct question is

Amira has 3/4 of a bag of cat food .Her cat eats 3/4 of a bag per week . How many weeks will the food last ?

we know that

To determine how many weeks her food will last, we take the amount of food and divide by how much she feeds her cats.

3/4 bag ÷ 3/4 bag per week

$\frac{3}{4}: \frac{3}{4}$

Multiply in cross

$\frac{3*4}{4*3}=1\ week$

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3 years ago

A professor wants to award prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th in the class of 30. In how many ways can the prizes be awarded

aniked [119]

Answer:

$Selection = 17100720\ ways$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$Students = 30$

$Positions = 5$ i.e. first to fifth

Required

Determine number of selection

1st position = Any of the 30 students

2nd position = Any of the 29 students

3rd position = Any of the 28 students

4th position = Any of the 27 students

5th position = Any of the 26 students

Number of selection is then calculated as:

$Selection = 30 * 29 * 28 * 27 * 26$

$Selection = 17100720\ ways$

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3 years ago