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Employees off a a landscaping company built a retaining wall with area 23 3/8 sq ft. They used brick to make the top portions of the wall. Suppose the area of the brick portion of the wall is 15 7/12? What fraction of the wall is brick?

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Answer:

  2/3

Step-by-step explanation:

You want to know what fraction 15 7/12 is of 23 3/8.

Fraction

We can simplify the fraction as follows:

  [tex]\dfrac{15\dfrac{7}{12}}{23\dfrac{3}{8}}=\dfrac{187}{12}\times\dfrac{8}{187}=\dfrac{8}{12}=\boxed{\dfrac{2}{3}}[/tex]

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