SOLUTION: If the average person drinks 8,(8oz) glasses of water per day, a person who drinks 12.8 oz of water after a morning exercise session has consumed what fraction of the daily average

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Question 327677: If the average person drinks 8,(8oz) glasses of water per day, a person who drinks 12.8 oz of water after a morning exercise session has consumed what fraction of the daily average?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
We can say a person drinks 64 oz of water, right?
Now we set up the following fraction:
12.8/64
This reduces down to:
2/10 or 1/5
Got it?
RJ