Joaquin bought a bookcase on sale for $120, which was two-thirds of the original price. What was the original price of the bookc
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Answer:
- 3/20, with the assumptions below.
Explanation:
The question seems incomplete.
In order to show you the procedure, I make some assumptions.
Assuming that Ricky wants to split the full content of the 3/4 of a bag between his 5 friends, to find what fraction of the bag will each friend receive you must divide 3/4 by 5.
The operation is:
Convert the whole number 5 into fraction using 1 as denominator:
Transform the division into multiplication changing the divisor into its reciprocal:
Multiply numerator with numerator and denominator with denominator: