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Mr.Smith has p pounds of cookie dough. He is going to split it equally among his three children. Each child will get 0.42 pounds

of cookie dough. Write and solve an equation that can be used to determine the weight of the cookie dough Mr. Smith has.

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Fiesta28 [93]2 years ago

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Answer:

p = 1.26

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the total weight (p) is going to be split equally (divided) by 3.

We also know that divided weight will be equal to 0.42 pounds.

p / 3 = 0.42

To solve:

multiply both sides by 3 to cancel the division by 3

p = 1.26

To test this you could divide 1.26 by 3 again to get 0.42

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