1984bronco2
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  • 02-08-2018
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18 acres are to be divided into 2/3 acre lots each, how many lots will there be in total?

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ericalexington ericalexington
  • 02-08-2018
18 divides by 2/3 would be 27
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sarajevo
sarajevo sarajevo
  • 02-08-2018

18 acres are to be divided into 2/3 acre lots each.

Let there be a total of x lots then we can write

[tex] \frac{18}{x}=\frac{2}{3} \\
\\
\frac{x}{18}=\frac{3}{2} \\
\\
x= \frac{3}{2} *18\\
\\
x=3*9=27\\ [/tex]

Hence a total of 27 lots will be there in total.

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