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A group of four students is performing an experiment with salt. Each student must add 3/8 teaspoon of salt to a solution. the group only has a 1/8 teaspoon measuring spoon.how many times will the group need to fill the measuring spoon in order to perform the experiment? help me on this

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User Fasaxc
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Answer:

12.

Explanation:

Each student needs to use the 1/8 spoon three times to get 3/8, you can get this result multiplying
3(1)/(8).

So, there's four students, do the multiplication: 3 times 4 equals 12.

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User Emiliano Viotti
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the group will need to fill the measuring spoon 12 times if each student must add 3/8
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User Guu
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