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Paladinen
1 month ago
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Pedro cut a sheet of poster board into 10 equal parts. His brother used some of the poster board and now 8/10 is left. Pedro wan

ts to make a sign from
each remaining part of the poster board. How many signs can he make?
Mathematics
2 answers:
PIT_PIT [12.4K]1 month ago
8 0
His brother took away two sheets from the ten, which gives him 8 sheets remaining.
lawyer [12.5K]1 month ago
4 0

Result: 8


Detailed Explanation:

Situation: Pedro divided a sheet of poster board into 10 equal sections.

Let x represent the entire sheet.

Then, each section of the sheet is equal to \frac{1}{10}.

Currently, his brother has used some of the poster board, leaving 8/10.

Thus, if Pedro intends to create a sign from each leftover section of the poster board,

Then, the total number of signs he can produce equals \frac{8}{10}\div \frac{1}{10}=\frac{8}{10}\times\frac{10}{1}=8.

As a result, Pedro can create 8 signs.

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