The local high school had 1,000 bottles of water on hand. The school issued 1⁄4 of the supply to the 9th grade, 1⁄5 of the suppl
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Answer:
5 bags
Step-by-step explanation:
Given Marianne buys 16 bags of potting soil which come in 5/8 pound bags
The above provides 10pounds of potting soil already
Now her father says he needs 13 pounds So Marianne should get an extra of 13 - 10 =3 pounds of potting soil
We know that 1 bag contains 5/8 pounds of potting soil
x bags contain 3 pounds of potting soil
On cross multiplication we get
x =
since x is an integer x = 5 bags
Note that an extra amount of soil will be remained unused
Answer:
y
Step-by-step explanation:
Like radicals are radicals that have the same radical (the number into the square root) and the same radicand (the number above the root)
Here, only the last expression can be chosen.