SOLUTION: I am in business and usually order 45 lbs of broccoli but want to increase that order by 1 1/2 times what would the answer be fractionally and how do you come up with the answer fo

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I am in business and usually order 45 lbs of broccoli but want to increase that order by 1 1/2 times what would the answer be fractionally
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1 1/2 = 3/2
45*(3/2) = 135/2, the increase
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