SOLUTION: A gardener has 7/8 of mulch he is planning to spread evenly over 20 flowers beds.How much mulch will each flower bed receive?

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Question 1107222: A gardener has 7/8 of mulch he is planning to spread evenly over 20 flowers beds.How much mulch will each flower bed receive?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Mulch is what will be spread. Mulch is not a unit of measure.

7%2F8 of what? What unit?

Let's try this.


7%2F%288%2A20%29

highlight%287%2F160%29 or about 0.04375%2A%28unitsOfMulch%2Fflowerbed%29

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The unit being "tons", then %287%2F160%29%28tons%2Fbed%29 or 0.04375%28tons%2Fbed%29