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Question

Last weekend, Amy raked leaves in her front yard. She noticed that 11/3 pounds of leaves filled 4/9 of a bag. What is the unit rate for pounds of leaves per bag?

Answer 1

Last weekend, Amy raked leaves in her front yard. She noticed that 11/3 pounds of leaves filled 4/9 of a bag. What is the unit rate for pounds of leaves per bag?

(11/3 pounds) per (4/9 bag)

(11/3) / (4/9) pounds per bag

(11/3) * (9/4) pounds per bag [to divide by fraction, invert and multiply]

33/4 pounds per bag

8 1/4 pounds per bag