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Workers are using a nuke to carry equipment to work site. A mule can carry one bag of gravel that weighs 13 kilograms and some wooden posts. Each post weighs 4.5 kilograms.

What’s is the greatest number of wooden posts the mule can carry?
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User Vilmarie
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Answer:

14

Explanation:

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User Radim Vansa
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The mule can carry approximately 3 wooden posts.
Because we know that a mule can carry ≈13kgs and each pole is 4.5 kg, so we do:

13/4.5≈ 2.88888889...≈ 3 wooden posts.
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User Tatsh
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