SOLUTION: If 5 pounds of ground beef are divided into packages of 3/4 each, how many pounds of ground beef are left for the last partial package?

SOLUTION: If 5 pounds of ground beef are divided into packages of 3/4 each, how many pounds of ground beef are left for the last partial package?

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Question 365793: If 5 pounds of ground beef are divided into packages of 3/4 each, how many pounds of ground beef are left for the last partial package?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Divide 5 pounds by 3/4, or 0.75 pounds: 5/0.75 = 6.6666...
So we have 6 complete packages, with 2/3 of a package (0.6666...)left. Thus there are lbs left for the last partial package.
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