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Rod waxes two thirds of his car with one fourth bottle of car wax. What fraction of the bottle of car wax will Rod need to wax his entire car?

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Answer is 3/8
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Use x for car wax

2/3x = 1/4 × 1 car
2/3x = 1/4

Divide both sides by 2/3 to solve for x

x = 1/4 divided by 2/3

Note to divide fractions flip the 2/3 and multiply

x = 1/4 × 3/2 multiply across

x = 3/8.
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