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Ashley said 3/4 of her stuffed animals have buttons eyes. Pam said Ashley has 15 stuffed animals. is it possible that Pam is correct? Please explain.

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Answer: No it is not possible

3/4 has a denominator of 4, which is not a factor of 15. This means that there is a contradiction somewhere. Note how (3/4)*15 = 11.25 is not a whole number. So if Ashley did have 15 stuffed animals, then 3/4 of that wouldn't be a whole number and it would contradict what Ashley is stating. The same can be said in reverse: if Ashley's statement is correct, then there's no way Pam is correct as well.

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