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in a store 60 cans of soup are arranged to be displayed in 10 equal rows. why does the fraction 10/60 not represent this solution

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User Sheung
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it just doesn't feel logically appealing, read the question again ( there are 10 rows not 60 rows ) you should instead say 6 cans per row 
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User Ghord
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because 10/60 is 10÷60 but we want 60÷10
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User Jameen
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