SOLUTION: laura is dividing a 50 pound sack or bird seed into smaller sacks to sell individually. how many 1 1/3 pound bags are there in one large sack.

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Question 200872: laura is dividing a 50 pound sack or bird seed into smaller sacks to sell individually. how many 1 1/3 pound bags are there in one large sack.
Found 2 solutions by rfer, stanbon:
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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50/1.33=37 full sacks plus 60% of on more sack

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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laura is dividing a 50 pound sack or bird seed into smaller sacks to sell individually. how many 1 1/3 pound bags are there in one large sack.
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1 1/3 = 4/3
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Equation:
# of the smaller bags is 50/(4/3) = 150/4 = 37 1/2
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Cheers,
Stan H.