KatieHart23
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an art teacher has 1 1/2 pounds of red clay and 3/4 pound of yellow clay.The teacher mixes the red clay and yellow clay together.Each student in the class needs 1/8 pound of clay mixture to finish the assigned art project for the class.How many students can get enough clay to finish the project

Respuesta :

1 1/2 plus 3/4 equal 9/4, and 9/4 divided by 1/8 equal 18
calculista

Step [tex] 1 [/tex]

Find the sum of red clay and yellow clay

we know that

[tex] 1\frac{1}{2} =\frac{2*1+1}{2} = \frac{3}{2} [/tex]

so

[tex] \frac{3}{2} +\frac{3}{4} =\frac{(2*3+3)}{4} =\frac{9}{4} \ pound\ of \ clay\ mixture [/tex]

Step [tex] 2 [/tex]

Divide the total pound of clay mixture by [tex] \frac{1}{8} [/tex]

so

[tex] \frac{\frac{9}{4}}{\frac{1}{8}} =\frac{72}{4} = 18\ students [/tex]

therefore

the answer is

The total of students is [tex] 18 [/tex]