How many 3 over 8 pound bags of trail mix can be made from 6 and 3 over 8 pounds of trail mix ? Write a division expression

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Answer:

[tex]\frac{\frac{51}{8}} {\frac{3}{8}}[/tex]

17 bags.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are asked to find the number of bags with weight 3/8 pound can be made from [tex]6\frac{3}{8}[/tex].

To find the number of

[tex]\text{Number of bags that can be made from available mix trail}=6\frac{3}{8}\div \frac{3}{8}[/tex]  

Convert mixed fraction into improper fraction.

[tex]\text{Number of bags that can be made from available mix trail}=\frac{51}{8}\div \frac{3}{8}[/tex]  

Since we know that dividing a fraction with another fraction is same as multiplying the 1st fraction with the reciprocal of 2nd fraction.

[tex]\text{Number of bags that can be made from available mix trail}=\frac{51}{8}\times \frac{8}{3}[/tex]  

After cancelling out 8 from numerator and denominator we will get,

[tex]\text{Number of bags that can be made from available mix trail}=\frac{51}{3}[/tex]  

[tex]\text{Number of bags that can be made from available mix trail}=17[/tex]  

Therefore, 17 bags each of weight 3/8 pounds can be made from [tex]6\frac{3}{8}[/tex] pounds of mix trail.