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OpenStudy (anonymous):

If ⅜ of a 60-pound bag of ready-mix concrete is Portland cement, how many pounds of other materials are in the bag? (

OpenStudy (anonymous):

22.5 pounds

OpenStudy (anonymous):

woah woops

OpenStudy (anonymous):

take 5/8 of 60 you should get what she got there...i hope

OpenStudy (anonymous):

37.5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's definitely 37.5 pounds. You take 3 divided by 8. Then you have .375 Then, you take 60 times .375 Then you have 22.5 60 minus 22.5 is 37.5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you all so much because I was really struggling with that answer I am not good with word problems

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's fractions...not so hard

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea but business math word problems suck I am a numerical type of girl

OpenStudy (anonymous):

This is numerical lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Lol dang didn't think you wouldn't get it

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