3 Nancy has 5 pounds of jelly beans to divide intobags for her grandchildren. If she puts & poundof jelly beans in each bag, how many bags canshe make?+A 10 bagsc 1, bagsB 5…

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EKons · Answer 1 · 2023-11-19T15:09:14+0000

Divide the total pounds of jelly beans (5) by the amount in each bag (1/4)

$5\colon(1)/(4)=$

5 is equal to 5/1 ( as a fraction)

$(5)/(1)\colon(1)/(4)$

dividing 2 fractions is the same as multiplying by the inverse of the second fraction

$(5)/(1)\cdot(4)/(1)=(20)/(1)=20$

answer: 20 bags