Jeff uses 3 fifth- size strips to model 3/5. he wants to use tenth size strips to models an equivalent fraction. how many tenth

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Jeff uses 3 fifth- size strips to model 3/5. he wants to use tenth size strips to models an equivalent fraction. how many tenth

size strips will he need ?

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Lapatulllka [165] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-23T05:20:38+03:00

<span>To put the unknown in other words, we are to determine a fraction that has a denominator of 10 which should be equivalent to 3/5. If we let x be the numerator of the second fraction such that we form a proportion out of the two fractions that is,
3/5 = x/10
The value of x is calculated as below,
x = (3)(10) / 5 = 6
ANSWER: 6</span>